Edgework - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415932173 ISBN 13 : 9780415932172

Editeur : Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

What do skydiving, rock climbing, and downhill skiing have in common with stock-trading, unprotected sex, and sadomasochism? All are high risk pursuits. Edgework explores the world of voluntary risk-taking, investigating the seductive nature of pursuing peril and teasing out the boundaries between legal and criminal behavior; conscious and unconscious acts; sanity and insanity; acceptable risk and stupidity. The distinguished contributors to this collection profile high risk-takers and explore their experiences with risk through such topics as juvenile delinquency, street anarchism, sadomasochism, avant-garde art, business risks, and extreme sport.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stephen Lyng is Professor of Sociology at Carthage College, and author (with David D. Franks) of Sociologyand the Real World.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415932173
• ISBN 13: 9780415932172
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Lyng Stephen
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