H. Thorpe

Gebundenes Buch

Snowboarding Bodies in Theory and Practice

Beschreibung

This book provides the first in-depth analysis of the global phenomenon of snowboarding culture. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it offers key insights into the sport, lifestyle, industry, media, gender relations, travel, and physical experience of snowboarding, in both historical and contemporary contexts.

Autor

HOLLY THORPE Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sport and Leisure Studies at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She has published widely on the topics of sociology of sport, social theory, physical youth culture, gender, and extreme sports.

Produktdetails

• Global Culture and Sport Series
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-57944-6
• 2011
• Seitenzahl: 313
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 147mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9780230579446
• ISBN-10: 0230579442
• Artikelnr.: 33253717