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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Neil, Sean (Sean S.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
O'Neil, Sean > (Sean S.)
Sports > Religious aspects.
People with disabilities > Religious life.
Human body > Religious aspects.
Athletes > Religious life.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781621907350

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