Culture, Identity and Intense Performativity - 9781138185920

Taylor & Francis

Culture, Identity and Intense PerformativityBeing in the Zone\nAuthor(s): Tim Jordan, Brigid McClure, Kath Woodward\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138185920, 978-1138185920\nSynopsis\nBeing in the zone' means performing in a distinctive, unusual, pleasurable and highly competent way at something you already regularly do: dancing or playing a viola, computer programming, tennis and much more. What makes the zone special? This volume offers groundbreaking research that brings sociological and cultural studies to bear on the idea of being in the zone. There is original research on musicians, dancers and surfers which shows that being in the zone far from being exclusively individualised and private but must be understood as social and collective and possibly accessible to all. The zone is not just for elite performers.\n\nBeing in the zone is not just the province of the athlete who suddenly and seemingly without .