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Author Yochim, Emily Chivers

Title Skate life : re-imagining white masculinity / Emily Chivers Yochim
Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2010]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Technologies of the imagination
Technologies of the imagination.
Contents Introduction: Regarding Skate Life -- "The mix of sunshine and rebellion is really intoxicating" : American Mythologies, Rebellious Boys, and the Multiple Appeals of Skateboarding's Corresponding Culture, 1950-2006 -- "Freedom on four wheels" : Individuality, Self-Expression, and Authentic Masculinity in a Skateboarding Community -- "Why is it the things that make you a man tend to be such dumb things to do?" : Never-Ending Adolescence and the (De)stabilization of White Masculine Power on MTV -- "It's just what's possible" : Imagining Alternative Masculinities and Performing White Male Dominance in Niche Skateboarding Videos -- "You do it together, and everyone just does it in their own way" : Corresponding Cultures and (Anti)patriarchal Masculinity
Summary An in-depth look at skateboarding culture by a promising young scholar
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Print version record
North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Outstanding Book Award, 2011
Subject Skateboarding -- Social aspects
Masculinity in sports.
Men, White -- United States -- Attitudes
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Skateboarding.
Masculinity in sports.
Skateboarder
Männlichkeit
Gemeinschaftsgefühl
Individualismus
Nonkonformismus
United States.
USA
USA.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020706803
ISBN 9780472026609
0472026607
9780472900459
0472900455
1282639102
9781282639102
9786612639104
6612639105