Surfing and social theory experience, embodiment and narrative of the dream glide /

Ford, Nick, 1956-

Surfing and social theory experience, embodiment and narrative of the dream glide / [electronic resource] : Nick Ford and David Brown. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - viii, 204 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-196) and index.

Introduction -- The enchanted sea : the evolving perceptions of the sea, coastscape and beach -- The narrative history and globalization of surfing -- Surfing as subculture and lifestyle -- Gendering the waves : surfing in the gender order and the gender order in surfing -- Surfing and surfed bodies : the embodiment of surfing -- The experience of surfing -- Conclusion and research directions.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

0203415027 (electronic bk.) 9780203415023 (electronic bk.)



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Surfing--Social aspects.
Subculture.


Electronic books.

GV840.S8 / F67 2006

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