Book Review: Running, Identity and Meaning. The Pursuit of Distinction Through Sport

Carl Mallett

doi:10.1177/17499755211066796

Book Review: Running, Identity and Meaning. The Pursuit of Distinction Through Sport

Carl Mallett

Faculty of Health, Education & Society

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Abstract

Neil Baxter’s book is a comprehensive sociological study of the sport of running that applies Bourdieu’s field analysis tools (2005) to identify styles of running analogous to the social characteristics of different types of runners.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	563-564
Number of pages	1
Journal	Cultural Sociology
Volume	16
Issue number	04
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/17499755211066796
Publication status	Published - 8 Feb 2022

Keywords

running
book review
sport
Bourd
Foucault

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