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In this chapter, the book concludes by drawing together some of the key themes, focusing on bodies in motion, in practice and in theory. The chapter also picks up some of the other principal themes of the book: the theoretical contribution to the debate on extreme bodies in extreme sports, and a reflection on the empirical data and the methodological dynamics of researching in this field. The conclusion will outline some of the ideas put forward in the book and also draw out the main conclusions of the three case studies of extreme bodies in contemporary society.
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Andreasson, J., Johansson, T. (2019). Bodies in Theory and Practice. In: Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97238-1_12
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