Why Would Anyone Do That?: Lifestyle Sport in the Twenty-First Century

by Stephen C. Poulson

Book Overview

Triathlons, such as the famously arduous Ironman Triathlon, and "extreme" mountain biking-hair-raising events held over exceedingly dangerous terrain-are prime examples of the new "lifestyle sports" that have grown in recent years from oddball pursuits, practiced by a handful of characters, into multi-million-dollar industries. In Why Would Anyone Do That? sociologist Stephen C. Poulson offers a fascinating exploration of these new and physically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813564433
• ISBN13: 9780813564432
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"