Abstract
This paper presents a specific (insider) perspective of a small group of experienced male Scottish adventure climbers and explores through in-depth semi-structured interviews their attitudes, strategies and justifications associated with potentially high-risk climbing situations. Attention is paid to how participants feel that they are represented and viewed by others (outsiders) who do not participate in mountaineering and climbing activities. Climbers identify the significance of media, commercial and social representations of them as risk takers. The analysis explores risk as being socially constructed, with the associated assumptions being embedded in particular discourses. Climbers present themselves as rational managers of risk and provide examples of their risk-management strategies, with such characterizations being central to their identity as climbers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1091-1104 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 9 |
Early online date | 1 May 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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Class, gender and habitus : a ‘Bourdieuian’ perspective of social reproduction and change in the contemporary sports field with a focus on adventure climbing
Author: Holland-Smith, D., Apr 2018Supervisor: Moir, J. (Supervisor) & McNeish, W. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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