02210nam 22005054a 450 991082609670332120200520144314.01-280-07955-X1-135-75749-60-203-61008-30-203-49931-X(CKB)2670000000519473(EBL)183188(OCoLC)56066718(MiAaPQ)EBC183188(EXLCZ)99267000000051947320040427d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRunning cultures racing in time and space /John Bale1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20041 online resource (228 p.)Sport in the global societyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7146-5535-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-208) and index.Ways of running -- Running ways -- Beyond the arena -- Athletes as pets -- Running as transgression and resistance -- Escape: runners as cosmopolites -- Running and racing: moral dilemmas and a good life?Running 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 society.RunningSocial aspectsRunningSocial aspects.796.4276.12bclBale John393202MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826096703321Running Cultures4041282UNINA