Download or read book The Suffering Body in Sport written by Kevin Young and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume approaches the study of pain, risk and injury in sport from a variety of social scientific perspectives. Contributions focus on the manifestations of pain, risk and injury within sport cultures, and the degree to which the research is rapidly expanding to include new ways of thinking about risky and painful 'suffering' in sport.