Walking on the Wild Side : Long-Distance Hiking on the Appalachian Trail

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- 1. From Georgia to Maine: The GA– ME Is Afoot -- 2. Hiker Trash: Constructing a Long- Distance Hiker Identity -- 3. April’s Fools: A Situated Subcultural Identity -- 4. In Search of Ithaka: Long- Distance Hiking as Spiritual Quest -- 5. The Appalachian T...
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- 1. From Georgia to Maine: The GA– ME Is Afoot -- 2. Hiker Trash: Constructing a Long- Distance Hiker Identity -- 3. April’s Fools: A Situated Subcultural Identity -- 4. In Search of Ithaka: Long- Distance Hiking as Spiritual Quest -- 5. The Appalachian Trail, an ATopia? Social Differentiation and Hierarchies among the Tribe -- 6. Hike Your Own Hike: What the Hiking Subculture Tells Us about American Society -- Appendix: Research Methodology -- References -- Index -- About the Author Ausführliche Beschreibung