ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|15 pages
Introduction
part II|58 pages
Theoretical Advances in the Study of Edgework
part III|42 pages
The Edgework Experience: Anarchy and Aesthetics
part IV|56 pages
Group Variations in Edgework Practices: Gender, Age, and Class
part V|30 pages
Mainstreaming Edgework
part VI|44 pages
Historicizing Edgework
part VII|46 pages
Edgework in the Academy