Edgework : the sociology of risk-taking / edited by Stephen Lyng.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lyng, Stephen, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk-taking (Psychology)--Social aspects.

Risk-taking (Psychology).

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

What do skydiving, rock climbing and downhill skiing have in common with stock-trading, unprotected sex and sadomasochism? All are high risk pursuits. Edgework explores the world of voluntary risk-taking, investigating the seductive nature of pursuing peril and teasing out the boundaries between legal and criminal behavior; conscious and unconscious acts; sanity and insanity; acceptable risk and stupidity. The distinguished contributors to this collection profile high risk-takers and explore their experiences with risk through such topics as juvenile delinquency, street anarchism, sadomasochism, avant-garde art, business risks and extreme sport.

Contents:

Edgework and the risk-taking experience

Theoretical advances in the study of edgework

The edgework experience : anarchy and aesthetics

Group variations in edgework practices : gender, age, and class

Mainstreaming edgework

Historicizing edgework

Edgework in the academy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415932165

0415932173

OCLC:

54974373