Ultimate Fighting and Embodiment : Violence, Gender and Mixed Martial Arts.

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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 transgresse...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Spencer, Dale C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Series:Routledge research in sport, culture and society.
Subjects:
Mixed martial arts > Social aspects.
Mixed martial arts > Psychological aspects.
Sports > Sex differences.
Sports > Social aspects.
Arts martiaux mixtes > Aspect social.
Arts martiaux mixtes > Aspect psychologique.
Sports > Différences entre sexes.
Sports > Aspect social.
Sports > Sex differences
Sports > Social aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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