Walking on the wild side : long-distance hiking on the Appalachian Trail /

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"Walking on the Wild Side traces the stories of forty-six men and women who, for their own personal reasons, set out to hike America's most well-known, and arguably most social, long-distance hiking trail. Once on the Appalachian Trail, long-distance hikers live mostly in isolation, with t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fondren, Kristi McLeod, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Hiking > Social aspects > Appalachian Trail.
Hikers > Appalachian Trail > Biography.
Hikers > Appalachian Trail > Social conditions.
Subculture > United States > Case studies.
Self-actualization (Psychology) > Case studies.
Subculture > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Randonneurs > Appalachian Trail > Biographies.
Randonneurs > Appalachian Trail > Conditions sociales.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
NATURE > Regional.
Hikers
Hiking > Social aspects
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Social conditions
Subculture
Travel
Appalachian Trail > Description and travel.
Appalachian Trail > Biography.
Appalachian Trail > Social conditions.
Appalachian Trail > Descriptions et voyages.
Appalachian Trail > Biographies.
Appalachian Trail > Conditions sociales.
United States
United States > Appalachian Trail
Biographies
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From Georgia to Maine : the GA-ME is afoot
  • Hiker trash : constructing a long-distance hiker identity
  • April's fools : a situated subcultural identity
  • In search of Ithaka : long-distance hiking as spiritual quest
  • The Appalachian Trail, an atopia? : social differentiation and hierarchies among the tribe
  • Hike your own hike : what the hiking subculture tells us about American society
  • Appendix.

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