Skate Life : Re-Imagining White Masculinity.

By: Yochim, Emily ChiversMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Technologies of the Imagination: New Media in Everyday Life SeriesPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2009Copyright date: �2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780472900459Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Skate LifeDDC classification: 796.22 LOC classification: GV859Online resources: Click to View
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.
Summary: An in-depth look at skateboarding culture by a promising young scholar.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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