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Americans in Europe: the established as outsider

In: Power, Pain and Professional Cycling

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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.

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  • ., 2024. "Americans in Europe: the established as outsider," Chapters, in: Power, Pain and Professional Cycling, chapter 10, pages 161-179, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21761_10
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