Sport, Professionalism and Pain: Ethnographies of injury and risk

Sport, Professionalism and Pain: Ethnographies of injury and risk Sport, Professionalism and Pain considers these and other pertinent concerns as it questions whether, in the world of modem sport, it is the participants themselves or the sport’s administrators who exert more control over athletes’ well-being. It is asserted that because of the distinctive nature of sport, the power to transform medical practice and application of sports medicine lies not with physicians but within the practices of sport itself. Sport, Professionalism and Pain bridges a perceived space in the literature between medical anthropology, medical sociology and sport studies, examining issues such as: • the relationship between sports medicine, the body and culture; • the power struggle between sport administrators and participants; • the historical transformation of sports medicine. P.David Howe is a Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology of Sport in the School of Sport and Leisure at the University of Gloucestershire. Sport, Professionalism and Pain Ethnographies of injury and risk P.David Howe LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 2004 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” © 2004 P.David Howe All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN 0-203-45326-3 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-76150-2 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0-415-24729-2 (hbk) ISBN 0-415-24730-6 (pbk) For my parents M.D. and T.S.P. with love ... - tailieumienphi.vn