Iron Dads : Managing Family, Work, and Endurance Sport Identities /

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An accomplished triathlete and social scientist, Diana Tracy Cohen offers much insight into the effects of endurance-sport training on family, parenting, and the sense of self. Based in part on in-depth interviews with forty-seven triathletes and three prominent men in the race industry, Iron Dads e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Diana Tracy, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Triathlon > Psychological aspects.
Fathers > Psychology.
Fathers > Family relationships.
Endurance sports > Psychological aspects.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Child Rearing.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
Sports d'endurance > Aspect psychologique.
Triathlon > Aspect psychologique.
Peres > Relations familiales.
Peres > Psychologie.
Triathloniens > Relations familiales.
Triathloniens > Psychologie.
Triathletes > Family relationships.
Triathletes > Psychology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:An accomplished triathlete and social scientist, Diana Tracy Cohen offers much insight into the effects of endurance-sport training on family, parenting, and the sense of self. Based in part on in-depth interviews with forty-seven triathletes and three prominent men in the race industry, Iron Dads explores the sacrifices that are required-both at home and at work-to cross an iron-distance finish line.
Physical Description:1 online resource (210 pages).
ISBN:9780813570969

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