Parkour and the city : risk, masculinity, and meaning in a postmodern sport /
"Parkour is an emerging sport in which practitioners train themselves to move through urban environments in creative and often risky ways. Comprised of a pastiche of stylized movements and dependent on YouTube videos, parkour is quintessentially postmodern, and this book studies parkour from wi...
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| Médium: | Licensed eBooks |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2017]
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| Edice: | Critical issues in sport and society.
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| On-line přístup: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1455690 |
Obsah:
- Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Thinking Sociologically about Parkour; 1. Developing the Discipline and Creating a Sport; 2. New Prisms of the Possible; 3. Young Men in the City; 4. Hedging Their Bets; Conclusion. Appropriating the City; Appendix A. Brief Note on Data and Method; Appendix B. On the Parkour Terminology Used in This Book; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.