Edgework

ISBN 10: 0415932173 / ISBN 13: 9780415932172

Published by Routledge, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Edgework
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415932173
• ISBN 13: 9780415932172
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

What do skydiving, rock climbing, and downhill skiing have in common with stock-trading, unprotected sex, and sadomasochism? All are high risk pursuits. Edgework explores the world of voluntary risk-taking, investigating the seductive nature of pursuing peril and teasing out the boundaries between legal and criminal behavior; conscious and unconscious acts; sanity and insanity; acceptable risk and stupidity. The distinguished contributors to this collection profile high risk-takers and explore their experiences with risk through such topics as juvenile delinquency, street anarchism, sadomasochism, avant-garde art, business risks, and extreme sport.

About the Author

Stephen Lyng is Professor of Sociology at Carthage College, and author (with David D. Franks) of Sociologyand the Real World.