Skateboarding and Religion (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

This book explores the ways in which religion is observed, performed, and organised in skateboard culture. Drawing on scholarship from the sociology of religion and the cultural politics of lifestyle sports, this work combines ethnographic research with media analysis to argue that the rituals of skateboarding provide participants with a rich cultural canvas for emotional and spiritual engagement. Paul O'Connor contends that religious identification in skateboarding is set to increase as participants pursue ways to both control and engage meaningfully with an activity that has become an increasingly mainstream and institutionalised sport. Religion is explored through the themes of myth, celebrity, iconography, pilgrimage, evangelism, cults, and self-help.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	October 2019
First published:	2020
Authors:	Paul O'Connor
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-024856-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	3-03-024856-9
Barcode:	9783030248567

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