Skate Life : Re-Imagining White Masculinity.
An in-depth look at skateboarding culture by a promising young scholar.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Technologies of the Imagination: New Media in Everyday Life Series
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| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- 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
- Method
- Notes
- Bibliography.