Transnational Mobilities in Action Sport Cultures.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: TransnationalMobilities and Action SportCultures: Conceptual, Theoreticaland Methodological Considerations -- Part ITransnational Action SportCultural Networks -- 2 Producing TransnationalNetworks: Action SportCompanies, Media and Events -- 3 Digital Media and theTransnational Imaginary:Virtual Memorialization ofGlobal Action Sport Stars -- Part II Action Sport Migration andTransnational Mobilities -- 4 Corporeal Mobilities in ActionSport Cultures: Tourists,Professionals and Seasonal Migrants -- 5 Pleasure, Play and Everyday Politicsin Transnational Action SportDestinations -- 6 Transnational Action SportCareer Migration: ReflectionsFrom Home and Away -- Part III Action Sport (Im)mobilities inDisrupted and Conflicted Spaces -- 7 Action Sports and NaturalDisaster Immobilities: ArrhythmicExperiences in Christchurch,New Zealand -- 8 The Emergence of Action Sportsin the Middle East :Imagining New Mobilities withParkour in Gaza1 -- Conclusion -- 9 Transnational Connections andTransformation: Action Sport forDevelopment and Peace Building -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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