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Author Cohen, Diana Tracy, 1981- author.

Title Iron dads : managing family, work, and endurance sport identities / Diana Tracy Cohen.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Critical issues in sport and society
Critical issues in sport and society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Taking the first step -- Inside triathlon culture -- To tri or not to try -- The juggling act -- Why class matters -- Faith meets 140.6 -- Throwing in the towel -- The road ahead.
Summary An accomplished triathlete and social scientist, Diana Tracy Cohen offers much insight into the effects of endurance-sport training on family, parenting, and the sense of self. Based in part on in-depth interviews with forty-seven triathletes and three prominent men in the race industry, Iron Dads explores the sacrifices that are required-both at home and at work-to cross an iron-distance finish line.
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Subject Triathletes -- Psychology.
Triathletes.
Psychology.
Triathletes -- Family relationships.
Families.
Fathers -- Psychology.
Fathers -- Psychology.
Fathers -- Family relationships.
Fathers -- Family relationships.
Fathers.
Triathlon -- Psychological aspects.
Triathlon -- Psychological aspects.
Triathlon.
Endurance sports -- Psychological aspects.
Endurance sports -- Psychological aspects.
Endurance sports.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Fathers.
Other Form: Print version: Cohen, Diana Tracy, 1981- Iron dads. New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016] 9780813570952 (DLC) 2015032496 (OCoLC)930068023
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