Sailing and Social Class
Series: Routledge Critical Leisure Studies;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 23 April 2024
- ISBN 9781032703572
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages168 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 453 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 7 Illustrations, black & white; 7 Halftones, black & white; 9 Tables, black & white 606
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Short description:
This book explores the sociology of sailing and yachting. Drawing on original research, and employing a theoretical framework based on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, the book argues that sailing is, still, an upper-middle-class activity that has much to tell us about the wider sociology of leisure and sport.
MoreLong description:
This book explores the sociology of sailing and yachting. Drawing on original research, and employing a theoretical framework based on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, the book argues that sailing is, still, an upper-middle-class activity that has much to tell us about the wider sociology of leisure and sport.
The book examines the historical foundations of blue-water sailing as established by naval and colonial shipping, to trace the roots of contemporary sailing and yachting culture. It also examines archives of sailing narratives and cruising guides, as well as the children?s books of Arthur Ransome, arguing that this archival material offers a social rather than a psychological interpretation of the ?bodily investment? in sailing. The book uses Bourdieu?s concepts of ?illusio? ? an investment of time, emotion and body into a worthwhile activity ? and ?habitus?, or lifeworld, alongside contemporary data sets, to examine the yacht club as a social institution, including why many boats never go out on the water, the relationship between yacht clubs and the state, and social issues as manifested in yacht clubs, such as sexism, racism and homophobia.
Offering a vigorous sociological critique of yachting and sailing, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology of leisure and sport, subcultures, social theory, or social issues in wider society.
MoreTable of Contents:
Prologue: The Riddle
Introduction
1 Sailing with Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu
2 Sailing Tours: On the Irish Coast
3 Sailing and Social Class
4 Social Class and Classification Struggles
5 Symbolic Violence in Sailing
6 Empire and the Sailing Imaginary
7 The Politics of Sailing
Conclusion: Is Tahiti on your Bucket List?
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