Skateboarding

<p>This book explores the cultural social spatial and political dynamics of skateboarding drawing on contributions from leading international experts across a range of disciplines such as sociology and philosophy of sport architecture anthropology ecology cultural studies sociology geography and other fields. Part I critiques the ethos of skateboarding its cultures and scenes global trajectory and the meanings it holds. Part II critically examines skateboarding in terms of space and sites and Part III explores shifts that have occurred in skateboarding’s history around mainstreaming commercialization professionalization neoliberalization and creative cities.</p>