Spirit and Sport : Religion and the Fragile Athletic Body in Popular Culture /

"Sean O'Neil explores several narratives at the intersection of religion and disability across the spectrum of contemporary sports. He ties religious belief and practice to the oftentimes fragile bodies of athletes, including those with disabilities. Athletic triumph over fragility is couc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: O'Neil, Sean (Sean S.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
O'Neil, Sean > (Sean S.)
Sports > Religious aspects.
People with disabilities > Religious life.
Human body > Religious aspects.
Athletes > Religious life.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Sean O'Neil explores several narratives at the intersection of religion and disability across the spectrum of contemporary sports. He ties religious belief and practice to the oftentimes fragile bodies of athletes, including those with disabilities. Athletic triumph over fragility is couched in religious terms, though not always with strictly Christian connotations, and O'Neil interleaves his own limitations through an autoethnographic presentation of his battle with skin cancer and his lifelong struggle with obsessive compulsive disorder"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781621907350

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