02297nam 22004813u 450 991078772710332120230126212206.01-280-07955-X1-135-75749-60-203-61008-30-203-49931-X(CKB)2670000000519473(EBL)183188(OCoLC)56066718(MiAaPQ)EBC183188(EXLCZ)99267000000051947320140217d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Running Cultures[electronic resource] Racing in Time and SpaceHoboken Taylor and Francis20131 online resource (228 p.)Sport in the Global SocietyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7146-5535-X Front Cover; Running Cultures; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Ways of Running; 2. Running Ways; 3. Beyond the Arena; 4. Athletes as Pets; 5. Running as Transgression and Resistance; 6. Escape: Runners as Cosmopolites; 7. Running and Racing: Moral Dilemmas and a Good Life?; Notes; Bibliography; IndexRunning is one of the world's most widely practiced sports and recreations but until now it has intended to elude serious study outside of the natural sciences. John Bale brings the sport into the realm of the humanities by drawing on sources including literature, poetry, film, art and sculpture as well as statistics and training manuals to highlight the tensions, ambiguities and complexities that lie hidden beneath the commonplace notion of running.The text explores both local and personal, as well as communal and global aspects of running and its practitioners. It examines the streets, tSport in the Global SocietyRunners (Sports)Running - Social aspectsRunningRunners (Sports).Running - Social aspects.Running.796.42Bale John393202AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910787727103321Running Cultures3724477UNINA