Description: Further DetailsTitle: Parkour, Deviance and Leisure in the Late-Capitalist CityCondition: NewSubtitle: An EthnographyEAN: 9781787438125ISBN: 9781787438125Publisher: Emerald Publishing LimitedFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 12/05/2018Description: Taking us on an ethnographic journey into the spatially transgressive practice of parkour and freerunning, Parkour, Deviance and Leisure in the Late-Capitalist City: An Ethnography attempts to explain and untangle some of the contradictions that surround this popular lifestyle sport and its exclusion from our hyper-regulated cities. While the existing criminological wisdom suggests that these practices are a form of politicised resistance, this book positions parkour and freerunning as hyper-conformist to the underlying values of consumer capitalism and explains how late-capitalism has created a contradiction for itself in which it must stoke desire for these lifestyle practices whilst also excluding their free practice from central urban spaces. Drawing on the emergent deviant leisure perspective, this book takes us into the life-worlds of young people who are attempting to navigate the challenges and anxieties of early adulthood. For the young people in this study, consumer capitalism's commodification of rebellious iconography offered unique identities of 'cool individualism' and opportunities for flexibilised employment; while the post-industrial 'creative city' attempted to harness parkour's practice, prohibitively if necessary, into approved spatial contexts under the buzzwords of 'culture' and 'creativity'. This book offers a vital contribution to the criminological literature on spatial transgression, and in doing so, engages in a critical reappraisal of the evolution of the relationships between work, leisure, identity and urban space in consumer capitalism.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 381gAuthor: Thomas RaymenGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social SciencesBook Series: Emerald Studies in Deviant LeisureRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Parkour, Deviance and Leisure in the Late-Capitalist City
Title: Parkour, Deviance and Leisure in the Late-Capitalist City
Subtitle: An Ethnography
EAN: 9781787438125
ISBN: 9781787438125
Release Date: 12/05/2018
Release Year: 2018
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 229mm
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Parkour, Deviance and Leisure in the Late-Capitalist City : an Ethnography
Publisher: Emerald Publishing The Limited
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Sociology of Sports, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Urban
Item Weight: 13.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Thomas Raymen
Subject Area: Sports & Recreation, Social Science
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Emerald Studies in Deviant Leisure Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
