Saville, Stephen John. "Playing With Fear: Parkour And The Mobility Of Emotion." Social & Cultural Geography 9.8 (2008): 891-914. Advanced Placement Source. Web. 23 Mar. 2012.
Summary: this article is mainly about the importance of fear in the sport of parkour. The article deals with how when do parkour the participants must harness emotions and expand on them. Fear which generally seen as a bad thing is what often fuels the participants. They play with different emotion and stop looking at them as good and bad ,but as a fuel for whatever they do.
Marshall, Bill. "Running Across The Rooves Of Empire: Parkour And The Postcolonial City." Modern & Contemporary France 18.2 (2010): 157-173. Advanced Placement Source. Web. 23 Mar. 2012
Summary: the article shows the impact of parkour on the growth of the “Imperial City”, Quebec City. They also give a brief look into the past of the city and also the origins of parkour. They explain how the core of the city is the flow and energy of the people. The article also takes a look into the mind of the so called founder of parkour ,David Belle, and the reasons he created the sport of parkour. The article stated that parkour started to gain momentum in the working class youth. It went further on to explain other things that add to the fuel and reasons behind its apparent growth in popular culture. They integrated the growth of motor vehicles into its growth they said that that the pedestrians were confined to the sides of the road ,this paired with the want to rebel fueled this.
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