À cheval sur le poids. Ethnographie d’un bricolage corporel à visée professionnelle : le cas des jockeys de galop

This paper investigates attempts by jockeys and apprentice jockeys to regulate their weight for work purposes. Jockeys race at a pre-determined weight, based on the horse’s previous performance, not on their weight categories. As a result, they often have to race well below their healthy weight, mea...

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Main Author: Sabrina Nouiri-Mangold
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Association Anthropologie Médicale Appliquée au Développement et à la Santé 2019-04-01
Series:Anthropologie & Santé
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/5002