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University cricket and emerging adulthood : "days in the dirt" / Harry C.R. Bowles.

This book provides a detailed ethnographic account of the lives and experiences of a group of male, university-based academy cricketers transitioning into (and away) from professional sport. Set in one of the six university centres of cricket excellence established by the England and Wales Cricket B...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Bowles, Harry C. R. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Subjects:
Cricket > Social aspects > England.
Cricket players > England.
Cricket > Social aspects.
Cricket players.
Developmental psychology.
Social sciences.
Sports > Sociological aspects.
England.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: An Insider to the Context
  • Chapter 1: Introduction: A Day in the Dirt
  • Chapter 2: Mr Cricket: The Story of a Cricket Aficionado
  • Chapter 3: The Cricket Bubble: Notes on a Cricketing Lifestyle
  • Chapter 4: Lady Cricket: From Flirtation to Cohabitation
  • Chapter 5: Finding Their Level: Trial and Repudiation of a Cricketing Identity
  • Chapter 6: Conclusion: University Cricket and Emerging Adulthood.
  • Epilogue: Where are They Now?

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