ABSTRACT
This chapter extends the notion of adventure as a subjective (Weber, 2001) and socially constructed (Beedie and Hudson, 2003) practice by investigating the relationship between adventure narratives, the performance of adventure as leisure and the processes by which identity is constructed. The notion of self or selfhood is engaged with as a creative project which is externally realised through symbolic acts and internally shaped by imaginative devices. Moreover, the performances, thoughts and feelings which constitute adventurous leisure, are presented as emerging in direct relation to the motifs and meanings embedded within certain narratives. The notion of slow adventure is introduced to help characterise this distinct sub-genre which articulates a particular constellation of emotions and semiotics.
