Belinda Wheaton, Holly Thorpe

Action Sports and the Olympic Games (eBook, PDF)

Past, Present, Future

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Based on a decade of research by two leading action sports scholars, this book maps the relationship between action sports and the Olympic Movement, from the inclusion of the first action sports to those featuring for the first time in the Tokyo Olympic Games and beyond.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351029537
• Artikelnr.: 62581325

Autorenporträt

Belinda Wheaton is Professor of Sociology of Sport at the University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Holly Thorpe is Professor of Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture at the University of Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introducing Action Sports and the Olympic Games
2. Mapping Action Sports and the Olympic Games: Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations
3. Researching the Action Sports-Olympic Games Assemblage: A Longitudinal and Multi-Method Approach
4. The History of Action sports and the Olympics Games
5. Agenda 2020 and the Tokyo Announcement: Initial Responses and Debates in Action Sport Cultures
6. Action Sports and the Politics of Governance
7. The Action Sports Industry: A Shifting Landscape
8. Skateboarding
the Olympics and Flexible Opposition: The Sportisation of the Anti-Sport
9. Surfing's Paradoxical Journey from Alternative Lifestyle to Olympic Sport
10. Developing Pathways to Tokyo: National Differences in the Professionalisation of Self-Governing Action Sports
11. Action Sports and the Opportunities and Challenges for Gender Equity
12. Conclusion