“You Have to Accept the Pain”: Body Callusing and Body Capital in Circus Aerialism

Little sociological research has examined the work of circus aerialists. Drawing from interviews with 31 circus aerialists in Canada, we explore what aerialists say about their bodies. Circus aerialism is an intense form of physical work, and aerialists endure intense pain during training and perfor...

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Autores principales:	Kevin Walby, Shawn Stuart
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Lodz University Press 2021
Materias:	circus aerialism body capital risk injury pain training aging Sociology (General) HM401-1281
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/d6203753f6e3482580fceee39ff5fac9
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d6203753f6e3482580fceee39ff5fac92021-11-26T15:06:51Z“You Have to Accept the Pain”: Body Callusing and Body Capital in Circus Aerialism1733-807710.18778/1733-8077.17.4.01https://doaj.org/article/d6203753f6e3482580fceee39ff5fac92021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/qualit/article/view/11306https://doaj.org/toc/1733-8077Little sociological research has examined the work of circus aerialists. Drawing from interviews with 31 circus aerialists in Canada, we explore what aerialists say about their bodies. Circus aerialism is an intense form of physical work, and aerialists endure intense pain during training and performance. Engaging with sociologies of the body and injury, we examine how body capital is generated, maintained, and lost in the career of the aerialist, as well as how injury accelerates this process. Injury and “aging out” of the circus are prominent themes in what aerialists say about their bodies. Arguing that circus aerialism is an undervalued form of work in which risk accumulates in aerialist bodies, we explore how aerialist bodies provide tacit cues about how to avoid injury and when to consider retirement. In the conclusion, we explain how this work contributes to sociologies of the body and circus.Kevin WalbyShawn StuartLodz University Pressarticlecircus aerialismbody capitalriskinjurypaintrainingagingSociology (General)HM401-1281ENQualitative Sociology Review, Vol 17, Iss 4, Pp 6-23 (2021)
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description	Little sociological research has examined the work of circus aerialists. Drawing from interviews with 31 circus aerialists in Canada, we explore what aerialists say about their bodies. Circus aerialism is an intense form of physical work, and aerialists endure intense pain during training and performance. Engaging with sociologies of the body and injury, we examine how body capital is generated, maintained, and lost in the career of the aerialist, as well as how injury accelerates this process. Injury and “aging out” of the circus are prominent themes in what aerialists say about their bodies. Arguing that circus aerialism is an undervalued form of work in which risk accumulates in aerialist bodies, we explore how aerialist bodies provide tacit cues about how to avoid injury and when to consider retirement. In the conclusion, we explain how this work contributes to sociologies of the body and circus.
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“You Have to Accept the Pain”: Body Callusing and Body Capital in Circus Aerialism

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