Sailing and social class /

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...

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Main Author: O'Connor, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
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505 0 |a Sailing with Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu -- Sailing tours: on the Irish coast -- Sailing and social class -- Social class and classification struggles -- Symbolic violence in sailing -- Empire and the sailing imaginary -- The politics of sailing -- Conclusion: Is Tahiti on your bucket list? 
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