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Social and Cultural Anthropology

2011

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Performing Pisgah: Endurance Mountain Bikers Generating The National Forest, Cynthia Twyford Fowler Mar 2011

Performing Pisgah: Endurance Mountain Bikers Generating The National Forest, Cynthia Twyford Fowler

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In Western North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest, the extraordinary performances of endurance athletes imbue public lands with multivocality and sculpt spaces into idealized natures. Endurance mountain bikers generate Pisgah as a meaningful place grounded to specific spaces and particular identities as they perform challenging rides on difficult terrain.