The Ultimate alternative : a study of the institutionalization of an emerging sporting practice

Studies on sports such as skateboarding (Beal, 1995) and snowboarding (Humphreys, 1997) have suggested that the transition from emergent counterculture practice to mainstream or commodified sport is problematic, particularly to the community of participants. The relationship of sport, as cultural...

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Main Author: Firth, Michael Jonathan
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7806