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Reading Cycles The Culture of BMX Freestyle Wade Gordon James Nelson Department of Art History and Communications McGill University Montréal August A thesis submitted to McGill University in partial ful ?llment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy ? Wade Gordon James Nelson C Library and Archives Canada Published Heritage Branch Wellington Street Ottawa ON K A ON Canada Bibliothèque et Archives Canada Direction du Patrimoine de l'édition rue Wellington Ottawa ON K A ON Canada Your ?le Votre référence ISBN - - - - Our ?le Notre référence ISBN - - - - NOTICE The author has granted a nonexclusive license allowing Library and Archives Canada to reproduce publish archive preserve conserve communicate to the public by telecommunication or on the Internet loan distribute and sell theses worldwide for commercial or noncommercial purposes in microform paper electronic and or any other formats AVIS L'auteur a accordé une licence non exclusive permettant à la Bibliothèque et Archives Canada de reproduire publier archiver sauvegarder conserver transmettre au public par télécommunication ou par l'Internet prêter distribuer et vendre des thèses partout dans le monde à des ?ns commerciales ou autres sur support microforme papier électronique et ou autres formats The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission L'auteur conserve la propriété du droit d'auteur et des droits moraux qui protège cette thèse Ni la thèse ni des extraits substantiels de celle-ci ne doivent être imprimés ou autrement reproduits sans son autorisation ln compliance with the Canadian Privacy Act some supporting forms may have been removed from this thesis While these forms may be included in the document page count their removal does not represent any loss of content from the thesis ? ? ? Canada Conformément à la loi canadienne sur la protection de la vie privée quelques formulaires secondaires ont été enlevés de cette thèse Bien que ces formulaires aient inclus dans la pagination il n'y aura aucun contenu manquant CABSTRACT This dissertation draws from and contributes to many traditions within the interdisciplinary discipline of communication studies Serving the two primary objectives of the examination of the ?gure of the BMX freestyle cycling Pro and the analysis of the role of the magazines within this particular culture or ?eld in the construction and maintenance of this ?gure this project brings together studies of cultural intermediaries magazine history advertising history and theory subcultures audiences commodi ?cation cultural industries celebrity stars and professional athletes The culture of BMX freestyle cYcling is an interesting and heretofore unexamined phenomenon and a focused examination allows the exploration and investigation of larger questions within the discipline As such this dissertation provides an informed interpretation of the culture of BMX freestyle allows the examination of a number of other issues concerning the mediation of cultural practices and suggests a theory of the special-interest magazine thus contributing substantively to various literatures Special-interest magazines are a