Edgework
The Sociology of Risk-Taking| By: | Stephen Lyng |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415932165 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781135954604 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2005 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.