Running to the Moon

The Articulation and Construction of Self in Marathon Runners

Bibliographic Data

ID2464778
AuthorsErica Reischer (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author), Erica L Reischer
Year2001
Volume12
Issue2
Pages19-34
Publication date2001-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropology of Consciousness (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1053-4202 • E-ISSN: 1556-3537
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/ac.2001.12.2.19
OpenAlexW2099507091
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited5

In this essay, I will consider how individuals engage the marathon in the service of a project of self-transformation. To that end, I will examine cultural meanings and symbols associated with the marathon, and the way in which those meanings interact with the self-system of the runners who choose to participate in the marathon. In addition, since the marathon is ultimately a cultural practice centered on the body, I will also explore the physical and material dimension of the marathon experience. This paper thus provides an account that begins to elucidate the way in which culturally-situated individuals symbolically and physically engage the marathon as a means to actively and intentionally promote self-development

Aesthetics · Art · Articulation (sociology · Dimension (graph theory · Political science · Situated · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Physical Education and Pedagogy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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