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UNINA9910828455303321 |
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Autore |
Spencer Dale C |
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Titolo |
Ultimate fighting and embodiment : violence, gender, and mixed martial arts / / Dale C. Spencer |
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New York, : Routledge, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-49915-6 |
1-136-49916-4 |
0-203-14291-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (207 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; ; v. 11 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mixed martial arts - Social aspects |
Mixed martial arts - Psychological aspects |
Sports - Sex differences |
Sports - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Ultimate Fighting and Embodiment; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Phenomenology and Bodies; 3. Time, Space, and Sense of Fighting; 4. Difference and Bodies; 5. Being an MMA Fighter; 6. Habit(us), Body Techniques, and Body Callusing; 7. Narratives of Despair, Loss, and Failure: Pain, Injury, and Masculinities; 8. Emotions and Violence; 9. Homosociality, (Homo)eroticism, and Dueling Practice; 10. Conclusion; About the Biography; Glossary of Terms; Appendix: The Senses and Ethnographic Research; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Mixed martial arts (MMA) is an emergent sport where competitors in a ring or cage utilize strikes (punches, kicks, elbows and knees) as well as submission techniques to defeat opponents. This book explores the carnal experience of fighting through a sensory ethnography of MMA, and how it transgresses the cultural scripts of masculinity in popular culture. Based on four years of participant observation in a local MMA club and in-depth interviews with amateur and professional MMA fighters, Spencer documents fighters' training regimes and the meanings they attach to participation in the sport. Dr |
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