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100	1		_aKidder, Jeffrey L. _q(Jeffrey Lowell), _d1977-
245	1	0	_aParkour and the city : _brisk, masculinity, and meaning in a postmodern sport / _cJeffrey L. Kidder.
264		1	_aNew Brunswick, New Jersey : _bRutgers University Press, _c[2017]
300			_axi, 197 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCritical issues in sport and society
520			_a"Parkour is an emerging sport in which practitioners train themselves to move through urban environments in creative and often risky ways. Comprised of a pastiche of stylized movements and dependent on YouTube videos, parkour is quintessentially postmodern, and this book studies parkour from within its sociological context. The book traces the sport's development in Europe, parkour's growth into a worldwide phenomenon, and the meanings local Chicago practitioners have given to the sport. The book explores the dialectical relationship between practitioners' real world activities and global flows of information. It analyzes the city as a site for urban adventure seeking and situates these practices within a discussion of young men's masculine identity claims. Finally, the risk-taking commonly seen in parkour is connected to practitioners' symbolic practices that downplay the dangers of the sport while emphasizing their safety precautions. Instead of pushing the edges of survival, these young people insist they have trained themselves to be highly attuned risk assessors--individuals capable of successfully overcoming challenges of any sort. If urbanism is about the lives individuals lead in the city, parkour represents a unique postmodern interpretation of that way of life"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Thinking Sociologically about Parkour 1 Developing the Discipline and Creating a Sport 2 New Prisms of the Possible 3 Young Men in the City 4 Hedging Their Bets Conclusions: Appropriating the City -- Appendix A: Brief Note on Data and Method Appendix B: On the Parkour Terminology Used in This Book Notes BibliographyIndex.
650		0	_aParkour.
650		0	_aParkour _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aExtreme sports _vJuvenile literature.
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