The consumption and representation of lifestyle sports /
edited by Belinda Wheaton.
- xii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Sport in the global society. Contemporary perspectives .
- Sport in the global society. Contemporary perspectives. .
"This book is a reproduction of Sport in Society, volume 13(7/8)." --T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing the consumption and representation of lifestyle sports / Maverick's: big-wave surfing and the dynamic of 'nothing' and 'something' / Surface and substructure: beneath surfing's commodified surface / Commercialization and lifestyle sport: lessons from 20 years of freestyle BMX in 'Pro-Town, USA' / The historical medicatization of BMX-freestyle cycling / Rhizomatic bodies, gendered waves: transitional femininities in Brazilian surf / 'I just eat, sleep and dream surfing': when surfing meets motherhood / Mountain biking is for men: consumption practices and identity portrayed by a niche magazine / 'Your wave, bro!': virtue ethics and surfing / Chancing your arm: the meaning of risk in rock climbing / Entering scapeland: yoga, fell and post-sport physical cultures / Alternative sport and affect: non-representational theory examined / Belinda Wheaton -- A battle for control: exchanges of power in the subculture of snowboarding / E. Coates, B. Clayton and B. Humberstone -- Becky Beal and Maureen Margaret Smith -- Mark Stranger -- Bob Edwards and Ugo Corte -- Wade Nelson -- Jorge Dorfman Knijnik, Peter Horton and Lívia Oliveira Cruz -- Lucy Spowart, Lisette Burrows and Sally Shaw -- Sherry M. Huybers-Withers and Lori A. Livingston -- S. Olivier -- Amanda West and Linda Allin -- Michael Atkinson -- Holly Thorpe and Robert Rinehart.