Loading...
Please wait, while we are loading the content...
Similar Documents
Exploring the Pain Contest in Competitive Male Rowers
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hutt-Taylor, Stephanie M. |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate the lived experiences of a group of competitive male rowers, to enhance understandings of pain, identity, and embodiment in sport culture. Ethnographic methods such as participant observation and semi-structured interviews were employed to access the cultural norms and ideologies that were later used to explain the shared embodied practices and perceptions relevant to the group of male athletes under scrutiny. The application of Goffman’s theoretical framework of dramaturgy also helped to address the cultural significance of non-injury related pain and suffering in relation to social constructs, such as masculinity, identity, and self-objectification. Further, this study unpacks the cultural complexities of pain in rowing culture and vividly presents the ways in which rowers contextually interpret, convey, and experience their bodies through the analysis of three major themes: pain, efficiency, and closeness. Specifically, this study presents rich descriptions of the unique and paradoxical relationships male rowers developed with pain and their embodied identities. Ultimately suggesting that male rowers engaged in risky and painful practices to uphold idealized performances of idealized rower identities, to enhance meaningful male bonding and to avoid feelings of shame, humiliation, or rejection in the sporting context. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/79198/3/Hutt-Taylor_Stephanie_M_201711_MSc_thesis.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
