Parkour and the City: Risk, Masculinity, and Meaning in a Postmodern Sport

(Part of the Critical Issues in Sport and Society Series)

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In the increasingly popular sport of parkour, athletes run, jump, climb, flip, and vault through city streetscapes, resembling urban gymnasts to passersby and awestruck spectators. In Parkour and the City, cultural sociologist Jeffrey L. Kidder examines the ways in which this sport involves a creative appropriation of urban spaces as well as a method of everyday risk-taking by a youth culture that valorizes individuals who successfully manage...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813571952

ISBN13:9780813571959

Release Date:April 2017

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.77 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 8.7"

Age Range:16 years and up

Grade Range:Grade 11 and higher

Related Subjects

Social Science Social Sciences Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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Parkour and the City: Risk, Masculinity, and Meaning in a Postmodern Sport

(Part of the Critical Issues in Sport and Society Series)

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