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Skate life : re-imagining white masculinity / Emily Chivers Yochim.

Title
Skate life : re-imagining white masculinity / Emily Chivers Yochim.
Author
Yochim, Emily Chivers.
Publication
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2010.

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xi, 225 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Masculinity in sports
  • Men, White > United States > Attitudes
  • Skateboarding > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: Regarding Skate Life -- "The mix of sunshine and rebellion is really intoxicating": American Mythologies, Rebellious Boys, and the Multiple Appeals of Skateboarding's Corresponding Culture, 1950-2006 -- "Freedom on four wheels": Individuality, Self-Expression, and Authentic Masculinity in a Skateboarding Community -- "Why is it the things that make you a man tend to be such dumb things to do?": Never-Ending Adolescence and the (De)stabilization of White Masculine Power on MTV -- "It's just what's possible": Imagining Alternative Masculinities and Performing White Male Dominance in Niche Skateboarding Videos -- "You do it together, and everyone just does it in their own way": Corresponding Cultures and (Anti)patriarchal Masculinity.
ISBN
  • 9780472070800 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780472050802 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2009033066
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library