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The aesthetics of risk. A study of surfing
Citation
Stranger, MJA, The aesthetics of risk. A study of surfing, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 34, (3) pp. 265-276. ISSN 0074-7769 (1999) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1177/101269099034003003
Abstract
A combination of participant-observation, survey research, interviews, and semiotics was used to examine risk-taking in Australian surfing. It is argued that: (1) aestheticization facilitates risk-taking in the pursuit of an ecstatic, transcendent experience; and (2) the surfing aesthetic involves a postmodern incarnation of the sublime that distorts rational risk assessment. The study also analyzes the role of the surfing media in constructing and reinforcing images of the sublime. © ISSA and SAGE Publications.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Studies in Human Society |
| Research Group: | Sociology |
| Research Field: | Sociology not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Cultural Understanding |
| Objective Group: | Arts and Leisure |
| Objective Field: | Recreation |
| Author: | Stranger, MJA (Dr Mark Stranger) |
| ID Code: | 16423 |
| Year Published: | 1999 |
| Deposited By: | Sociology and Social Work |
| Deposited On: | 1999-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2011-10-11 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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