Immersion: Marathon Swimming, Embodiment and Identity
Author:   Karen Throsby ,  Alexander Smith
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9780719099625


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   16 June 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Karen Throsby ,  Alexander Smith
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9780719099625


ISBN 10:   0719099625
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   16 June 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Becoming and belonging 1. Becoming 2. Unexpected pleasures 3. Authentic swimming 4. Making it count Part II: The good body 5. Who are you swimming for? 6. Gendering swimming 7. Heroic fatness 8. Failing bodies Conclusion -- .

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'Throsby's own experiences ground the book and provide relatable entry points to her academic work. Throughout Immersion, which addresses all aspects of being a marathon swimmer from the initial becoming one to the politics of the bodies that ratify swims, Throsby seamlessly intersperses journal entries and field notes about her own swimming. It was during her unflinchingly honest self-assessment passages that I felt like I could have been reading my own swimming biography. Her lovely use of imagery and language in theses vignettes sucks the reader in with an anecdotal punch, from which she transitions to a more 30,000-foot view of the sport in general, contextualizing her powerful personal experiences.' Elaine K. Howley, h2open Magazine -- .


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Karen Throsby is Associate Professor in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds

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