TY - JOUR
T1 - Athletic bodies and aging in context
T2 - the narrative construction of experienced and anticipated selves in time
AU - Phoenix, Cassandra
AU - Sparkes, Andrew C.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - There has been limited research focusing upon experiences and expectations of the self in relation to the anticipated passing of time and subsequent process of self-aging. Accordingly, this article aims to examine the narrative construction of selves in time in a population of young athletes (mean age 20 years). A number of anticipated changes to the self are considered, including the ways in which the self relates to notions of embodiment and social context over time. Aging into the sporting self in the present, and the settled and re ective self in the future are highlighted. The consequences of these selves in relation to Western notions of an idealized life curve are problematized.
AB - There has been limited research focusing upon experiences and expectations of the self in relation to the anticipated passing of time and subsequent process of self-aging. Accordingly, this article aims to examine the narrative construction of selves in time in a population of young athletes (mean age 20 years). A number of anticipated changes to the self are considered, including the ways in which the self relates to notions of embodiment and social context over time. Aging into the sporting self in the present, and the settled and re ective self in the future are highlighted. The consequences of these selves in relation to Western notions of an idealized life curve are problematized.
KW - raging; athletes; context; narrative; selves
UR - http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0890406508000236
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2007.04.001
U2 - 10.1016/j.jaging.2007.04.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jaging.2007.04.001
M3 - Article
SN - 0890-4065
VL - 22
SP - 211
EP - 221
JO - Journal of Aging Studies
JF - Journal of Aging Studies
IS - 3
ER -