Ultimate fighting and embodiment [electronic resource] : violence, gender, and mixed martial arts / Dale C. Spencer.
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 11.Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2012.Description: xiii, 199 p. : illISBN:- 9780203142912 (e-book : PDF)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-192) and index.
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.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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