LEADER 02211nam 22004453u 450 001 9910463493703321 005 20210111234206.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000519473 035 $a(EBL)183188 035 $a(OCoLC)56066718 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC183188 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000519473 100 $a20140217d2013|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 10$aRunning Cultures$b[electronic resource] $eRacing in Time and Space 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 225 1 $aSport in the Global Society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7146-5535-X 327 $aFront 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; Index 330 $aRunning is one of the world's most widely practiced sports and recreations but until now it has intended to elude serious study outside of the natural sciences. John Bale brings the sport into the realm of the humanities by drawing on sources including literature, poetry, film, art and sculpture as well as statistics and training manuals to highlight the tensions, ambiguities and complexities that lie hidden beneath the commonplace notion of running.The text explores both local and personal, as well as communal and global aspects of running and its practitioners. It examines the streets, t 410 0$aSport in the Global Society 606 $aRunners (Sports) 606 $aRunning - Social aspects 606 $aRunning 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aRunners (Sports). 615 4$aRunning - Social aspects. 615 4$aRunning. 676 $a796.42 700 $aBale$b John$0393202 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463493703321 996 $aRunning Cultures$92129364 997 $aUNINA