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Action sports and the Olympic Games : past, present, future / Belinda Wheaton and Holly Thorpe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wheaton, Belinda, 1966- author.
- Thorpe, Holly, author.
- Series:
- Routledge critical studies in sport
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olympics.
- Olympic Games--(32nd : 2021 : Tokyo, Japan).
- Olympic Games.
- Extreme sports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 317 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introducing action sports and the Olympic Games
- Mapping action sports and the Olympic Games : theoretical and conceptual considerations
- Researching the action sports-Olympic Games assemblage : a longitudinal and multi-method approach
- The history of action sports and the Olympics Games
- Agenda 2020 and the Tokyo announcement : initial responses and debates in action sport cultures
- Action sports and the politics of governance
- The action sports industry : a shifting landscape
- Skateboarding, the Olympics and flexible opposition : the sportisation of the antisport
- Surfing's paradoxical journey from alternative lifestyle to Olympic sport
- Developing pathways to Tokyo : national differences in the professionalisation of self-governing action sports
- Action sports and the opportunities and challenges for gender equity
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781351029544
- 1351029541
- Publisher Number:
- 40030873268
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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