More than just a game?: a subcultural journey through the 'sport' of rock paper scissors

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dc.contributor.advisorYoung, Kevin M.
dc.contributor.authorMcKeown, Donald J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T22:19:43Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T22:19:43Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 179-188en
dc.description.abstractAs a newly emergent sport, Rock .Paper Scissors (RPS) has been an under-researched area of study in the sociology of sport. Individuals who are involved with RPS in one capacity or another can be seen to have entered into a contested terrain that challenges previously conceived notions of sport, lifestyle sport, subculture, and 'adulthood'. The result is a complex negotiation of play (in the most pure and child-like sense of the term) and sport both at the theoretical level between resistance and incorporation, and in the lived experiences of those involved in the RPS subculture. This can be seen while RPS subculture members negotiate with and reconcile ideas (and ideologies) of sport, play, and the notion of 'rejuvenile'. Using a cultural studies perspective, multiple methods were used (including semi-structured interviews, and observation) to understand the unique characteristics that have come to define and distinguish the sport of RPS and its respective subculture.
dc.format.extentvi, 202 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationMcKeown, D. J. (2011). More than just a game?: a subcultural journey through the 'sport' of rock paper scissors (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4158en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/4158
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/105159
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleMore than just a game?: a subcultural journey through the 'sport' of rock paper scissors
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 2029 627942879
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