Running bodies and the affective spaces of health in and beyond marathon running in China |
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| Affiliation: | 1. James Madison University, Hart School of Hospitality, Sport and Recreation Management, MSC 2305, 261 Bluestone Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA;2. Temple University, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 371 Speakman Hall, 1810 N. 13th St., Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA;3. Temple University, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 300 Speakman Hall, 1810 N. 13th St., Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA;1. Centre for Human Geography and Urban Development, School of Geographical Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China;2. Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
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| Abstract: | This paper explores the affective formation of health and space/place through an examination of the affective and bodily practices of marathon runners in China. By elaborating the idea of “affective spaces of health”, we investigate not only how the affective potential of running bodies enables a therapeutic and individualised form of selfhood in response to China's post-socialist transformation, but also how affective atmospheres might condition and discipline runners' affective capacities for health. The paper therefore questions the simplistic association of health with particular qualities of place, and calls for research to focus on the affective, dispersed and fluid spaces of health instead. |
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| Keywords: | Running Bodies Affect Affective spaces of health Affective atmospheres |
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