Editor(s): Lyng, Stephen. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 618. . 2004. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Edgework: The Sociology of Risk-Taking
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415932165
ISBN 13: 9780415932165
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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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.

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

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