Résumé
Si les représentations et pratiques corporelles des sportif·ve·s de haut niveau sont bien connues, on ignore encore largement ce qu’elles deviennent lors de l’après-carrière. Reposant sur une enquête auprès de 30 ex-sportif•ve•s de haut niveau, cet article propose de décrire, au travers de trois portraits, les processus de socialisation constitutifs de rapports au corps spécifiques. Les résultats montrent que les rapports au corps de ces individus peuvent être rapportés, pour partie au moins, à l’articulation entre la socialisation familiale liée à l’origine sociale et la socialisation sportive.
Admittedly, the bodily representations and practices of top-level athletes are well known. But we still widely ignore what becomes of these when the sports career is over. Based on a survey conducted with 30 former high-level athletes, this article offers to describe, through 3 portraits, the socialization processes underlying the specific ways in which athletes relate to their body. Results show that these individuals’ relationship to their body can be related, at least in part, to the links between family socialization through social origins, and sport socialization.
Admittedly, the bodily representations and practices of top-level athletes are well known. But we still widely ignore what becomes of these when the sports career is over. Based on a survey conducted with 30 former high-level athletes, this article offers to describe, through 3 portraits, the socialization processes underlying the specific ways in which athletes relate to their body. Results show that these individuals’ relationship to their body can be related, at least in part, to the links between family socialization through social origins, and sport socialization.