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LSA Publication No. 104

On the Edge:
Leisure, Consumption
and the Represention of
Adventure Sports

Available from LSA Publications
April / May 2009

ISBN 978 1 905369 15 7

eds. Joan Ormrod
and Belinda Wheaton

LSA Individual (private) member ~ £23.00
LSA Corporate (institutional) member ~ £26.50
Non member ~ £33.00

 

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LSA No. 104 Contents

I: Representing Adventure Sports

Culture Clash: Economic Reconstructions of Hawaiian Surfing
. . . . . Robin Canniford

Representing 'Authentic' Surfer Identities in 'Pure' Surf Films
. . . . . Joan Ormrod

The Public Relations and Promotion of Adventure Sports
. . . . . Jacquie L'Etang

"The scourge of residential streets": The Legal (Mis)Construction of Street Racing as Anti-social Behaviour
. . . . . Brian Simpson

II: Mediating Identities

Inside/Outside the Western 'Bubble': The Nexus of Adventure, Adventure Sports and Perceptions of Risk in UK and Mauritius
. . . . . Barbara Humberstone

From Greenville to "Pro-Town USA": The Mobilization and Commercialization of a Local Lifestyle Sport Scene
. . . . . Bob Edwards and Ugo Corte

The Cultural Politics of Lifestyle Sport (Re)Visited: Beyond White Male Lifestyles
. . . . . Belinda Wheaton

Authentic Experience: The Importance of Climbing to Indoor-Only Climbers
. . . . . Ashley Hardwell