Skateboarding and urban landscapes in Asia : endless spots / Duncan McDuie-Ra.

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McDuie-Ra, Duncan, author.

Title & Author:

Skateboarding and urban landscapes in Asia : endless spots / Duncan McDuie-Ra.

Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]

Description:

209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Consumption and sustainability in Asia

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

As urban development in Asia has accelerated, cities in the region have become central to skateboarding culture, livelihoods, and consumption. Asia's urban landscapes are desired for their endless supply of 'spots'. Spots are not built for skateboarding; they are accidents of urban planning and commercial activity; glitches in the urban machine. Skateboarders and filmers chase these spots to make skate video, skateboarding's primary cultural artefact. Once captured, skate video circulates rapidly through digital platforms to millions of viewers, enrolling spots from Shenzhen to Ramallah into an alternative cartography of Asia. This book explores this way of desiring and consuming urban Asia, and the implications for relational and comparative hierarchies of urban development.

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ISBN:

9463723137 (hardcover)
9789463723138 (hardcover)
pdf
9789048551538

Subject:

Skateboarding Social aspects Asia.
Planche à roulettes (Sport) Aspect social Asie.
Popular culture.
Sociology: sport and leisure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Skateboarding.
Asia

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Consumption and sustainability in Asia.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309419
Call No.: BIB 254683
Status: Available

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