ISBN:
9780813571898
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (164 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Fondren, Kristi M Walking on the Wild Side : Long-Distance Hiking on the Appalachian Trail
DDC:
306.48125
Keywords:
Appalachian Trail - Social conditions
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
In Walking on the Wild Side, sociologist Kristi M. Fondren traces the stories of forty-six men and women who set out to trek America's most well known long-distance hiking trail. The volume illuminates the intense social intimacy and bonding that forms among long-distance hikers as they collectively construct a long-distance hiker identity, revealing how important a sense of place can be to our identity
Abstract:
Title -- Copyright -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. From Georgia to Maine. The GA- ME Is Afoot -- Chapter 2: Hiker Trash. Constructing a Long-Distance Hiker Identity -- Chapter 3: April's Fools. A Situated Subcultural Identity -- Chapter 4: In Search of Ithaka. Long- Distance Hiking as Spiritual Quest -- Chapter 5: The Appalachian Trail, an ATopia? Social Diff erentiation and Hierarchies among the Tribe -- Chapter 6: Hike Your Own Hike. What the Hiking Subculture Tells Us about American Society -- Appendix: Research Methodology -- References -- Index
Abstract:
About the Author
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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