Skateboarding and the City - A Complete History

Skateboarding is both a sport and a way of life. Creative, physical, graphic, urban and controversial, it is full of contradictions - a billion-dollar global industry which still retains its vibrant, counter-cultural heart. presents the only complete history of the sport, exploring the story of skate culture from the surf-beaches of '60s California to the latest developments in street-skating today. Written by a life-long skater who also happens to be an architectural historian, and packed through with full-colour images - of skaters, boards, moves, graphics, and film-stills - this passionate, readable and rigorously-researched book explores the history of skateboarding and reveals a vivid understanding of how skateboarders, through their actions, experience the city and its architecture in a unique way.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Iain Borden, Iain (University College London Borden, Professor Iain (University College London Borden
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781472583451
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-8345-1
• Seiten: 384
• Abmessung: 220 mm x 265 mm x 23 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Architektur; Ratgeber > Sport; Architecture, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / General, ARCHITECTURE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HOUSE & HOME / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Skateboarding, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, SPORTS & RECREATION / Roller & In-Line Skating, Rollerblading, skateboarding, etc