Parkour, deviance and leisure in the late-capitalist city : an ethnography

Taking us on an ethnographic journey into the spatially transgressive practice of parkour and freerunning, Parkour, Deviance and Leisure in the Late-Capitalist City: An Ethnography attempts to explain and untangle some of the contradictions that surround this popular lifestyle sport and its exclusio...

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Main Author Raymen, Thomas (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018.
SeriesEmerald studies in deviant leisure
Subjects
Parkour.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781787438118
9781787439863
DOI10.1108/9781787438118
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 176 pages) : illustrations ; cm.

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Chapter 1: The 'paradox' of Parkour
  • Chapter 2: Moving with the times: parkour, leisure and social change
  • Chapter 3: Ultra-realism, parkour and capitalist ideology
  • Chapter 4: Movers and shakers
  • Chapter 5: Zombie cities
  • Chapter 6: The parkour city
  • Chapter 7: 'Sorry lads (but I've got to move you on)'
  • Chapter 8: Conclusion and futures
  • References
  • Index.

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