Skateboarding and Religion

by Paul O'Connor

Book Overview

This book explores the ways in which religion is observed, performed, and organised in skateboard culture.

Drawing on scholarship from the sociology of religion and the cultural politics of lifestyle sports, this work combines ethnographic research with media analysis to argue that the rituals of skateboarding provide participants with a rich cultural canvas for emotional and spiritual engagement. Paul O'Connor contends that religious identification...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030248593
• ISBN13: 9783030248598
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"