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Parkour, Deviance and Leisure in the Late-Capitalist City

- An Ethnography

About Parkour, Deviance and Leisure in the Late-Capitalist City

This book examines the contradictions surrounding popular lifestyle sports such as parkour and freerunning and their exclusion from our hyper-regulated city centres. The author combines ethnographic data and complex theory to move beyond tropes of resistance and acknowledge and explain the paradox of parkour against a backdrop of late-capitalism.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781787438125
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 192
  • Published:
  • December 4, 2018
  • Dimensions:
  • 238x162x13 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 388 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: August 3, 2025

Description of Parkour, Deviance and Leisure in the Late-Capitalist City

This book examines the contradictions surrounding popular lifestyle sports such as parkour and freerunning and their exclusion from our hyper-regulated city centres. The author combines ethnographic data and complex theory to move beyond tropes of resistance and acknowledge and explain the paradox of parkour against a backdrop of late-capitalism.

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