Description |
1 online resource (xi, 225 pages) : illustrations. |
Series |
Technologies of the imagination |
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Technologies of the imagination.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225). |
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. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Subject |
Skateboarding -- Social aspects.
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Masculinity in sports.
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Men, White -- United States -- Attitudes.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Skateboarding.
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Skateboarder.
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Männlichkeit.
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Gemeinschaftsgefühl.
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Individualismus.
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Nonkonformismus.
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United States.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Yochim, Emily Chivers. Skate life. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2010 9780472050802 (DLC) 2009033066 (OCoLC)318875000 |
Standard No. |
9786612639104 |
ISBN |
9780472026609 (electronic bk.) |
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0472026607 (electronic bk.) |
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