Skateboarding and Religion - Paul OConnor Kartoniert (TB)

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 in skateboarding is set to increase as participants pursue ways to both control and engage meaningfully with an activity that has become an increa singly mainstream and institutionalised sport. Religion is explored through the themes of myth celebrity iconography pilgrimage evangelism cults and self-help.