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Transnational mobilities in action sport cultures

Title
Transnational mobilities in action sport cultures / Holly Thorpe, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Author
Thorpe, Holly.
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Description
xi, 332 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Migration, diasporas and citizenship series
Uniform Title
Migration, diasporas and citizenship.
Subject
  • Extreme sports
  • Sports and tourism
  • Transnationalism
  • Sports and transnationalism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-318) and index.
Contents
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.
Call Number
JFD 14-4406
ISBN
  • 9780230390737
  • 0230390730
LCCN
2014018688
OCLC
870285635
Author
Thorpe, Holly.
Title
Transnational mobilities in action sport cultures / Holly Thorpe, University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Publisher
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Migration, diasporas and citizenship series
Migration, diasporas and citizenship.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-318) and index.
Indexed Term
Sports and transnationalism
Research Call Number
JFD 14-4406
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