Surfing and social theory [electronic resource] : experience, embodiment and narrative of the dream glide / Nick Ford and David Brown.

By: Ford, Nick, 1956-Contributor(s): Brown, David, 1968 Nov. 11- | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006Description: viii, 204 p. : illISBN: 0203415027 (electronic bk.); 9780203415023 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Surfing -- Social aspects | SubcultureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 797.3/2 LOC classification: GV840.S8 | F67 2006Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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