This article clarifies and revises the sociological theory of voluntary risk taking known as edgework. The concept has three distinct aspects: material practices, embodied experiences, and supporting structures. I first provide a critical summary of these aspects as they exist in the current literature. Second, I advocate for an approach to edgework through the analysis of symbolic practices. I argue that researchers can best understand the meaning of voluntary risk taking by studying how individuals discursively frame their actions. Given the ascendency of neoliberal ideology in contemporary Western societies, there is an increasing importance for research into risk (especially as it relates to the study of sports), and a cogent sociology of edgework can be an important component to such an intellectual endeavor.

本文阐明并修订了被称为边缘工作的自愿风险的社会学理论。该概念具有三个不同的方面：物质实践，具体经验和支持结构。首先，我对当前文献中存在的这些方面进行了重要的总结。其次，我主张通过分析象征性实践来进行边缘工作。我认为研究人员可以通过研究个人如何以话语权框定自己的行动来最好地理解自愿冒险的含义。鉴于现代西方社会中新自由主义意识形态的兴起，对风险的研究（尤其是与体育研究有关的问题）的重要性日益提高，而扎实的边际社会学可能是这种智力活动的重要组成部分。