ISBN:
9780230390737
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 332 S.
,
Ill.
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
Migration, diasporas and citizenship series
DDC:
796.04/6
Keywords:
Extreme sports
;
Sports and tourism
;
Transnationalism
Abstract:
Transnational mobilities and action sport cultures: conceptual, theoretical and methodological -- Producing transnational networks: action sport companies, media and events -- Digital media and the transnational imaginary: virtual memorialization of global action sport stars -- Corporeal mobilities in action sport cultures: tourists, professionals and seasonal migrants -- Pleasure, play, and everyday politics in transnational action sport destinations -- Transnational action sport career migration: reflections from home and away -- Action sports and natural disaster immobilities: arrhythmic experiences in Christchurch, New Zealand -- The emergence of action sports in the Middle East: imagining new mobilities with Parkour in Gaza -- Transnational connections and transformation:action sport for development and peace building
Description / Table of Contents:
Transnational mobilities and action sport cultures: conceptual, theoretical and methodologicalProducing transnational networks: action sport companies, media and events -- Digital media and the transnational imaginary: virtual memorialization of global action sport stars -- Corporeal mobilities in action sport cultures: tourists, professionals and seasonal migrants -- Pleasure, play, and everyday politics in transnational action sport destinations -- Transnational action sport career migration: reflections from home and away -- Action sports and natural disaster immobilities: arrhythmic experiences in Christchurch, New Zealand -- The emergence of action sports in the Middle East: imagining new mobilities with Parkour in Gaza -- Transnational connections and transformation:action sport for development and peace building.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-318) and index
