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Parkour, Masculinity, and the City.
- Source :
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Sociology of Sport Journal . Mar2013, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p1-23. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Parkour is a new, and increasingly popular, sport in which individuals athletically and artistically negotiate obstacles found in the urban environment. In this article, I position parkour as a performance of masculinity involving spatial appropriation. Through ethnographic data I show how young men involved in the sport use the city (both the built environment and the people within it) as a structural resource for the construction and maintenance of gender identities. The focus of my research highlights the performance of gender as a spatialized process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07411235
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Sociology of Sport Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 86431470
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.30.1.1