Expanding Leisure Activities : Anna-Maria Ånäs, Janina Lassila & Ann-Helen Sund (eds.): Extremt? Etnologiska analyser av kvinnorock, extremsport och Ultimate Fighting. Etnologi vid Åbo Akademi, Rapport 12, Åbo 2007. 208 pp. Ill.

• Seeking the extreme has become an ordinary phenomenon in our modern society. People climb mountains, dive and paraglide in their spare time – activities that are risky in one way or another. Together with like-minded individuals, people seek out risk and test identities and their bodies’ boundaries. In what ways can we understand and study this cultural phenomenon? In this volume, “Extreme? Ethnological analyses of women’s rock, extreme sport and Ultimate Fighting”, three ethnologists from Åbo University examine the present-day phenomenon of extreme spare-time occupations.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Annan humaniora -- Etnologi (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Other Humanities -- Ethnology (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Sociologi -- Socialt arbete (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Sociology -- Social Work (hsv//eng)

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extreme

spare time

risk

body

extreme sport

ethnology

leisure activities

Health and society

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