Patrick Laviolette

Extreme Landscapes of Leisure (eBook, ePUB)

Not a Hap-Hazardous Sport

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An investigation into the increasing popularity of adventure sports like bungy jumping, surfing and parkour. Taking an ethnographic approach, the book examines what attracts humans to interact with extreme landscapes and the impact such interactions have on society as a whole, the individuals involved and the landscapes themselves. The book also addresses how best to reconcile enjoyment of adventure sports with a moral responsibility towards the environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317137047
• Artikelnr.: 49352632

Autorenporträt

Patrick Laviolette, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Estonian Institute of Humanities, Tallinn University, Estonia

Inhaltsangabe

List of Box Inserts
List of Figures
Preamble
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction - Fearless Theorising
1. Poetic Experience
Literary Encounters
2. An Auto-Ethnography of Adventurous Innovation
3. Risk
Rescue & Recreation
4. Through Seascape and Sewer - Shallow Green to Full Brown
5. Re-Materialising Liminal Objects
6. Eclipsing Reason - Ritualising Hazards
7. Conclusion Landscaping Leisure and the Accelerated Flâneur
References
Index