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This book provides the first in-depth analysis of the global phenomenon of snowboarding culture. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it offers key insights into the sport, lifestyle, industry, media, gender relations, travel, and physical experience of snowboarding, in both historical and contem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thorpe, Holly (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Global culture and sport.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Cultural Anthropology.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Social Anthropology.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Sociology of the Body.
Adolescence.
Children.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Ethnology.
Human body > Social aspects.
Social groups.
Social sciences.
Sports > Sociological aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book provides the first in-depth analysis of the global phenomenon of snowboarding culture. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it offers key insights into the sport, lifestyle, industry, media, gender relations, travel, and physical experience of snowboarding, in both historical and contemporary contexts.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 313 pages)
ISBN:9780230305571
DOI:10.1057/9780230305571