{"product_id":"the-professionalization-of-action-sports-the-changing-roles-of-athletes-industry-and-media-9781032204048","title":"The Professionalization of Action Sports: The Changing Roles of Athletes, Industry and Media","description":"\u003cp\u003eAction sports have undergone dramatic growth, commercialization, and institutionalization over recent decades. This book uncovers the social, political, economic and organizational dynamics of their professionalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guillaume Dumont\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 6.85w x 0.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032204048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuillaume Dumont\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor at OCE Research Center, emlyon Business School, France. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eProfessional Climber: Creative Work on the Sponsorship Labor Market\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), exploring ethnographically the working lives of professional rock climbers in North America and Europe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolly Thorpe is Professor of Sociology of Sport and Physical Culture at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSnowboarding Bodies in Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eTransnational Mobilities in Action Sport Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and co-author of \u003ci\u003eAction Sports and the Olympic Games: Past, Present, Future\u003c\/i\u003e (2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43761610195059,"sku":"9.78103E+12","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_833dadb4-79a7-4bf1-82dc-7a477986abfd.jpg?v=1756904295","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-professionalization-of-action-sports-the-changing-roles-of-athletes-industry-and-media-9781032204048","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}