In this article, I develop a critical dialogue with historians and sociologists who suggest that subcultural or âalternativeâ sports such as skateboarding are best understood as fluid and fragmented sites of âpostmodernâ identity formation. Depending largely on an archive of video footage from the 1960s to the present, I argue that while these scholars accurately depict the quotidian operation of skateboardersâ identity formation, they have lost sight of the historical relationship between the development of skateboarding subcultures and the emergence of neoliberal regimes of accumulation. Drawing from the theoretical insights of scholars such as David Harvey, I call for a radical critique of âalternativeâ sports that acknowledges, but does not necessarily celebrate, the ephemeral subjectivities of the athletes in question.View full textDownload full textKeywordsalternative sport, capitalism, neoliberalism, skateboarding, subcultureRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2011.586790
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