Contemporary Meanings of Endurance

This book critically analyses the concept of endurance from different theoretical, conceptual, methodological and empirical perspectives.

Noel B. Salazar is Professor of Social and Cultural Anthropology at KU Leuven, Belgium. Jeroen Scheerder is Professor of Sport Sociology at KU Leuven, Belgium.

Introduction. Endurance as an Analytical Concept and a Lived Experience: A Transdisciplinary Exploration 1. On Endurance: The Politics of Being Between Pain and Boredom 2. The Stubborn Habits of Migration: Self-Care as Endurance 3. Traversing Terrain and Staying Put: Performing Endurance 4. Endurance in the Australian Wheatbelt: 'Drought Makes Who We Are' 5. Endurance and the Production of 'Endurance Work' in Women's Cross-Country and Trail Running 6. Neoliberal Meanings of Endurance Experiences: A Critical Exploration of Endurance Running in Contemporary Consumer Culture 7. Unpacking Contemporary Notions of Endurance Through the Lens of Ultra-Trail Running and Walking 8. Enduring Influence: The Work of Social Media for Elite Endurance Athletes