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Ageing, The Body and Social Change

Running in Later Life
 
Edition number: 2008
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Number of Volumes: 1 pieces, Book
 
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Short description:

The book explores the relationship between embodiment and the production of the key structures which frame agency to map out potential for social change. It uses modalities of ageing embodiment in the context of sport participation in later life, specifically Master athletics, including barriers, opportunities and physiological dimensions.

Long description:
The book explores the relationship between embodiment and the production of the key structures which frame agency to map out potential for social change. It uses modalities of ageing embodiment in the context of sport participation in later life, specifically Master athletics, including barriers, opportunities and physiological dimensions.

'I urge anyone interested in the body, ageing, sport or social policy to read this book. It is insightful, clearly written and its relevance extends beyond running.' - Sarah Nettleton, Ageing and Society

Table of Contents:
Introduction Embodying Ageing Debates in the Sociology of the Body Social Fields as Spaces of Disruption Capturing Ageing Embodiment Disrupted Biographies Managing Ageing Mapping an Embodied Sociology of Ageing Conclusion Index