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Skate Life

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Author : Emily Chivers Yochim
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2010

Skate Life written by Emily Chivers Yochim and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Social Science categories.

An in-depth look at skateboarding culture by a promising young scholar

Skate Life

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Author : Emily C Yochim
language : en
Publisher: U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS
Release Date : 2009-12-02

Skate Life written by Emily C Yochim and has been published by U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.

"Intellectually deft and lively to read, Skate Life is an important addition to the literature on youth cultures, contemporary masculinity, and the role of media in identity formation." ---Janice A. Radway, Northwestern University, author of Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature "With her elegant research design and sophisticated array of anthropological and media studies approaches, Emily Chivers Yochim has produced one of the best books about race, gender, and class that I have read in the last ten years. In a moment where celebratory studies of youth, youth subcultures, and their relationship to media abound, this book stands as a brilliantly argued analysis of the limitations of youth subcultures and their ambiguous relationship to mainstream commercial culture." ---Ellen Seiter, University of Southern California "Yochim has made a valuable contribution to media and cultural studies as well as youth and American studies by conducting this research and by coining the phrase 'corresponding cultures,' which conceptualizes the complex and dynamic processes skateboarders employ to negotiate their identities as part of both mainstream and counter-cultures." ---JoEllen Fisherkeller, New York University Skate Life examines how young male skateboarders use skate culture media in the production of their identities. Emily Chivers Yochim offers a comprehensive ethnographic analysis of an Ann Arbor, Michigan, skateboarding community, situating it within a larger historical examination of skateboarding's portrayal in mainstream media and a critique of mainstream, niche, and locally produced media texts (such as, for example, Jackass, Viva La Bam, and Dogtown and Z-Boys). The book uses these elements to argue that adolescent boys can both critique dominant norms of masculinity and maintain the power that white heterosexual masculinity offers. Additionally, Yochim uses these analyses to introduce the notion of "corresponding cultures," conceptualizing the ways in which media audiences both argue with and incorporate mediated images into their own ideas about identity. In a strong combination of anthropological and media studies approaches, Skate Life asks important questions of the literature on youth and provides new ways of assessing how young people create their identities. Emily Chivers Yochim is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Arts, Allegheny College. Cover design by Brian V. Smith

My Skateboard Life

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Author : Ed Syder
language : en
Publisher: Blank Slate
Release Date : 2011

My Skateboard Life written by Ed Syder and has been published by Blank Slate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Skateboarders categories.

Having grown up as part of the Cornwall skate scene during the 1980s and 1990s, Ed Syder here recalls the thrills, the spills, the romance, the glamour and the obsessive nature of a sport which is important to so many. Illustrated with Ed's distinctive high-impact b/w art which made him the star of the Manchester music poster scene, My Skateboard Life is a book that will resonate with skaters of all ages!

Skate For Your Life

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Author : Leo Baker
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2021-06-01

Skate For Your Life written by Leo Baker and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-01 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.

Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us. "Wow! Leo's vulnerability and authenticity allowed me to experience his pain and triumph. A great testament to the positive power of skateboarding and the dangers of gender." --Elissa Steamer (skateboarding pioneer) "In Skate for Your Life, Leo Baker invites us on the intimate journey toward self-realization. Leo's deep passion for skateboarding is beautifully communicated while bringing to light the difficult reality of breaking the mold on a public stage. This book synthesizes what so many LGBTQIA people can relate to--the lifelong journey of seeking out spaces where we fit in, and when we don't find them, making new ones." --JD Samson (musician, producer, and songwriter) In this moving, personal story, professional skateboarder Leo Baker shares their journey within the sport and the importance of authenticity and allyship as a non-binary athlete. Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. "Your authenticity is your superpower." That's the motto that professional skateboarder Leo Baker lives by and champions. But like any hero's journey, learning about their power didn't come easy. In this installment of the Pocket Change Collective, Baker takes the reader on a complicated, powerful journey through the world of skate and competitive sport as a non-binary athlete.

My Skating Life

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Author : Jo Ann Schneider Farris
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2014-12-12

My Skating Life written by Jo Ann Schneider Farris and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Travel on a wonderful journey with skating author, figure skating competitor, skating coach, and skating parent, Jo Ann Schneider Farris. Learn everything and anything about skating as you travel through Jo Ann's skating life. In addition to reading Jo Ann's story, purchasers of the digital edition of MY SKATING LIFE can also enjoy embedded links, articles, photos, and videos that will take the reader on more wonderful skating adventures. The photos in the digital edition are in color and can be enlarged and enjoyed. This edition of MY SKATING LIFE includes a thorough index put together by indexing professional Ellen Phillips. Happy Skating!

A Skating Life

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Author : Dorothy Hamill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

A Skating Life written by Dorothy Hamill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.

The Most Fun Thing

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Author : Kyle Beachy
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-08-10

The Most Fun Thing written by Kyle Beachy and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-10 with Sports & Recreation categories.

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR • Southwest Review • Electric Literature Perfect for fans of Barbarian Days, this memoir in essays follows one man's decade-long quest to uncover the hidden meaning of skateboarding, and explores how this search led unexpectedly to insights on marriage, love, loss, American invention, and growing old. In January 2012, creative writing professor and novelist Kyle Beachy published one of his first essays on skate culture, an exploration of how Nike’s corporate strategy successfully gutted the once-mighty independent skate shoe market. Beachy has since established himself as skate culture's freshest, most illuminating, at times most controversial voice, writing candidly about the increasingly popular and fast-changing pastime he first picked up as a young boy and has continued to practice well into adulthood. What is skateboarding? What does it mean to continue skateboarding after the age of forty, four decades after the kickflip was invented? How does one live authentically as an adult while staying true to a passion cemented in childhood? How does skateboarding shape one's understanding of contemporary American life? Of growing old and getting married? Contemplating these questions and more, Beachy offers a deep exploration of a pastime—often overlooked, regularly maligned—whose seeming simplicity conceals universal truths. THE MOST FUN THING is both a rich account of a hobby and a collection of the lessons skateboarding has taught Beachy—and what it continues to teach him as he strugglesto find space for it as an adult, a professor, and a husband.

A Skating Life

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Author : Dorothy Hamill
language : en
Publisher: Hachette Books
Release Date : 2007-10-02

A Skating Life written by Dorothy Hamill and has been published by Hachette Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.

The dazzling smile, the signature haircut, the staple spin. "America's Sweetheart" Dorothy Hamill grew up on the ice, working toward the dream she was to accomplish by age nineteen: winning Olympic gold in figure skating. But life was not the picture of perfection it appeared to be. Dorothy faced a painful inner struggle from the time she was a young girl that followed her into adulthood--though she would not know about the depression that ran in her family until much later in life. Weeks and months away from home to train and compete took a difficult toll, yet little reprieve could be found in the tumultuous and fragile relationship she had with her parents. Dorothy went on to marry the man of her dreams, only to have the partnership end in heartache and a tragedy that almost pushed her to her breaking point. Then, just when a light at the end of the tunnel finally began to appear, a second failed marriage tried and tested Dorothy's trust and strength yet again--a travesty that could have led her to give up. But, she found a remarkable strength in what she did have--her greatest love, her daughter Alexandra. "Thank goodness, I had my skating. There was certainly a pattern to my life. When times were tough, I went skating. It was only while I was out on the ice, enjoying the freedom of movement and my love of music, that I was able to escape from my bottomless heartache." In her deeply moving and honest memoir, Dorothy opens up for the first time about love, family, courage, and what it means to truly win both on and off the ice.

This Is How I Think

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Author : Emily A. Chivers Yochim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

This Is How I Think written by Emily A. Chivers Yochim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Masculinity in motion pictures categories.

This Is How I Think contributes to our understanding of the politics of youth consumer culture by discussing the ways in which white masculinity is presented in youth media and elaborating young men's reactions to these portrayals. Contemporary media representations of white male youth present alternative masculinities that rely on both dominant American values and the mockery of non-whites, homosexuals, and women to maintain men's power. Utilizing theories of the media audience, youth culture, race, and gender to discuss ethnographic data collected in a community of skateboarders, I contend that skate culture produces alternative modes of masculinity that are not anti-patriarchal, and thus do not disrupt normative power relations. Further, I suggest, skate culture creates a space in which young men can experience the mental and emotional pleasure of escape and self-expression---an experience often denied young men in a dominant culture that expects them to be emotionally reticent and in control.

My Skating Life

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Author : Jo Ann Schneider Farris
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-12-11

My Skating Life written by Jo Ann Schneider Farris and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

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