BIBFRAME Work

Title

Recreational colonialism and the rhetorical landscapes of the outdoors

Type

• Monograph
• Text

Contribution

• Boggs, Kyle (author)

Subject

• Rhetoric--Social aspects (LCSH)
• Indians of North America--Recreation--West (U.S.) (LCSH)
• Environmental justice--West (U.S.) (LCSH)
• Outdoor recreation--West (U.S.) (LCSH)
• Settler colonialism--Social aspects--West (U.S.) (LCSH)
• Indigenous peoples--Recreation--West (U.S.) (LCSH)
• Cultural property--Protection--West (U.S.) (LCSH)

Language

• English

Illustrative Content

• illustrations

Classification

• DDC: 978 (Assigner: dlc)
• LCC: E78.W5 B585 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"Synthesizes theories of rhetoric, environmental studies, and settler colonialism to confront the ways outdoor recreational discourses reinforce settler imaginaries and colonial power structures through 'recreational colonialism.' Looks especially at the sports of rock climbing, ultrarunning, biking, and skiing, primarily in the American West"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The peaks are everywhere -- Settler rhetorics of "the outdoors" -- Bikepacking : rhetorical landscapes and settler placemaking -- Rock climbing : frontier authenticity, whiteness, and "desert pioneers" -- Ultrarunning : settler imaginaries and the born to run effect -- The ski resort : (re)creating space and selling recreational colonialism -- "No desecration for recreation! save the peaks!" -- The pipeline as a site of Indigenous resistance and solidarity -- Community listening, relationality, and the public art of the peaks -- Coda: Becoming complicit.

Authorized Access Point

Boggs, Kyle. Recreational colonialism and the rhetorical landscapes of the outdoors

Geographic Coverage

• West (U.S.)

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:20:58.582784+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 24012247

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc