Americans in Europe: the established as outsider

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Chapter 10 in Power, Pain and Professional Cycling, 2024, pp 161-179 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter considers how different sets of established-outsider relations at different layers of social integration intersected and shaped the habitus of professional cyclists from the USA and Europe. American professional cyclists have largely been treated as outsiders on two fronts - by large swathes of their fellow citizens and simultaneously in Europe, specifically in the traditional strongholds of European cycling. Social oldness, race ownership, and sporting success, all significant power sources controlled by Europeans, and through which they conferred status on themselves. Yet, simultaneously, the national American habitus is one which includes a self-image as an established group, reflecting the position of the USA as a global superpower since the 1940s. The structure of this dynamic has also shifted across time as American cyclists also came to accrue some of the power sources previously the remit of Europeans. This was reflected in changes in the self-image of American cyclists.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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