FALLING CL
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2003
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-05413-2 (ISBN)
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-05413-2 (ISBN)
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Beginning with the tree climbing lessons of our earliest ancestors, Soden takes us on a hair-raising tour through the legacy of 19th- and 20th century daredevils and madcaps to arrive at an understanding of the mass appeal of today's extreme sports and thrill-seeking technology.
A colorful history of purposeful plummeting, from our ancestors in the trees to bungee-jumping. Anyone who has gone over the crest of a roller coaster should wonder why that terror is so much fun. Garrett Soden shows how the act of taking a fall has evolved from a symbol of wickedness in the ancient imagination to the inspiration behind much of today's recreation. Beginning with the tree-climbing lessons of our earliest ancestors, he takes us on a hair-raising tour through the fascinating legacy of nineteenth- and twentieth-century daredevils and madcaps: high-divers who became folk heroes, Niagara Falls tightrope walkers who drew thousands, and parachutists who challenged the "certainty" of suffocation during free fall. Soden draws from these stories the psychological archetype of the gravity rebel, encompassing pioneers in the art from the drunken British carousers who invented bungee-jumping to the California street punks who launched skateboards skyward. In the end we arrive at a fascinating understanding of the mass appeal of today's extreme sports and thrill-seeking technologyfrom roller coasters to virtual reality. 14 b/w illustrations.
A colorful history of purposeful plummeting, from our ancestors in the trees to bungee-jumping. Anyone who has gone over the crest of a roller coaster should wonder why that terror is so much fun. Garrett Soden shows how the act of taking a fall has evolved from a symbol of wickedness in the ancient imagination to the inspiration behind much of today's recreation. Beginning with the tree-climbing lessons of our earliest ancestors, he takes us on a hair-raising tour through the fascinating legacy of nineteenth- and twentieth-century daredevils and madcaps: high-divers who became folk heroes, Niagara Falls tightrope walkers who drew thousands, and parachutists who challenged the "certainty" of suffocation during free fall. Soden draws from these stories the psychological archetype of the gravity rebel, encompassing pioneers in the art from the drunken British carousers who invented bungee-jumping to the California street punks who launched skateboards skyward. In the end we arrive at a fascinating understanding of the mass appeal of today's extreme sports and thrill-seeking technologyfrom roller coasters to virtual reality. 14 b/w illustrations.
Garrett Soden is the author of several books, including I Went to College for This? and Hook Spin Buzz. He lives in Pasadena, California.
| Verlagsort | New York |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 165 x 218 mm |
| Gewicht | 573 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Motor- / Rad- / Flugsport |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-393-05413-6 / 0393054136 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-393-05413-2 / 9780393054132 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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