Moving Boarders - Skateboarding and the Changing Landscape of Urban Youth Sports

Once considered a kind of delinquent activity, skateboarding is on track to join soccer, baseball, and basketball as an approved way for American children to pass the after-school hours. With family skateboarding in the San Francisco Bay Area as its focus, Moving Boarders explores this switch in stance.

About the author

Matthew Atencio is associate professor of kinesiology and codirector of the Center for Sport and Social Justice at California State University, East Bay.

Becky Beal is professor of sociology and philosophy of sport at California State University, East Bay, and the author of Skateboarding: The Ultimate Guide.

E. Missy Wright is assistant professor of kinesiology and codirector of the Center for Sport and Social Justice at California State University, East Bay.

ZáNean McClain is associate professor of kinesiology at California State University, East Bay.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Atencio, Matthew/ Beal Atencio, Becky Beal, ZaNean McClain, E. Missy Wright
• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781682260784
• ISBN: 978-1-68226-078-4
• No. of pages: 315
• Series: Sport, Culture, and Society; Sport, Culture, and Society
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Other sports disciplines; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories