Skateboarding and Urban Landscapes in Asia : Endless Spots
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Consumption and Sustainability in Asia
ISBN-10
9463723137
ISBN-13
9789463723138
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Imprint
Amsterdam University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 23rd, 2021
Print length
210 Pages
Weight
474 grams
Dimensions
16.20 x 24.20 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Popular cultureSociology: sport & leisure
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As urban development in Asia has accelerated, cities in the region have become central to skateboarding culture, livelihoods, and consumption. Asia's urban landscapes are desired for their endless supply of 'spots'. Spots are not built for skateboarding; they are accidents of urban planning and commercial activity; glitches in the urban machine. Skateboarders and filmers chase these spots to make skate video, skateboarding's primary cultural artefact. Once captured, skate video circulates rapidly through digital platforms to millions of viewers, enrolling spots from Shenzhen to Ramallah into an alternative cartography of Asia. This book explores this way of desiring and consuming urban Asia, and the implications for relational and comparative hierarchies of urban development.
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