Young people and high-risk activities in racing cars: the risk as identity component
The present article intends to bring some thoughts about illegal practices by the youth, mostly from the lower classes, in the context of speeding/racing cars and motorcycles. The knowledge transmitted in this universe opens to these young people the possibility, no matter how precarious, of an acti...
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| author | Leila Sollberger Jeolás Luiz Antonio de Castro Santos |
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| description | The present article intends to bring some thoughts about illegal practices by the youth, mostly from the lower classes, in the context of speeding/racing cars and motorcycles. The knowledge transmitted in this universe opens to these young people the possibility, no matter how precarious, of an activity or an occupation that allows them, as individuals, group or collectivity, to face the low status and social invisibility of their lives and family backgrounds. In car races, in the midst of quite fluid boundaries between leisure and work, the intense sensory experience compensates for the pressures and uncertainties of daily life. In class, generation and gender interrelations taking risks becomes, in such practices, a component of identity-building and recognition, besides being a way to make a living. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8b5975d2eb1482ca34a2995fab6dcb32022-12-21T22:24:31ZengUniversidade Estadual de LondrinaMediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais2176-66652015-12-0120226228310.5433/2176-6665.2015v20n2p26212817Young people and high-risk activities in racing cars: the risk as identity componentLeila Sollberger Jeolás0Luiz Antonio de Castro Santos1Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), Brasil.Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia (UFSB), Porto Seguro.The present article intends to bring some thoughts about illegal practices by the youth, mostly from the lower classes, in the context of speeding/racing cars and motorcycles. The knowledge transmitted in this universe opens to these young people the possibility, no matter how precarious, of an activity or an occupation that allows them, as individuals, group or collectivity, to face the low status and social invisibility of their lives and family backgrounds. In car races, in the midst of quite fluid boundaries between leisure and work, the intense sensory experience compensates for the pressures and uncertainties of daily life. In class, generation and gender interrelations taking risks becomes, in such practices, a component of identity-building and recognition, besides being a way to make a living.http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/22766JuventudesRiscoPercursos“Rachas”. |
| spellingShingle | Leila Sollberger Jeolás Luiz Antonio de Castro Santos Young people and high-risk activities in racing cars: the risk as identity component Mediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais Juventudes Risco Percursos “Rachas”. |
| title | Young people and high-risk activities in racing cars: the risk as identity component |
| title_full | Young people and high-risk activities in racing cars: the risk as identity component |
| title_fullStr | Young people and high-risk activities in racing cars: the risk as identity component |
| title_full_unstemmed | Young people and high-risk activities in racing cars: the risk as identity component |
| title_short | Young people and high-risk activities in racing cars: the risk as identity component |
| title_sort | young people and high risk activities in racing cars the risk as identity component |
| topic | Juventudes Risco Percursos “Rachas”. |
| url | http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/22766 |
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