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Adventure and Identity

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After reading this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Understand six key theoretical elements of identity that are relevant to adventure practice

  • Explain how adventure identities are largely constructed through social presentation and interaction

  • Understand that individuals have multiple identities and how these are ‘fluid’ in nature

  • Describe how the media influences the ways in which adventurers think and behave

  • Articulate how adventures can facilitate the transformation of identity

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  1. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Simon Beames

  2. University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness, UK

    Chris Mackie

  3. California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA, USA

    Matthew Atencio

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Beames, S., Mackie, C., Atencio, M. (2019). Adventure and Identity. In: Adventure and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96062-3_8

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