Skate Life : Re-Imagining White Masculinity.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- Technologies of the Imagination: New Media in Everyday Life Series .
- Technologies of the Imagination: New Media in Everyday Life Series .
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.
An in-depth look at skateboarding culture by a promising young scholar.