Nicholas J Ford, David Brown

Gebundenes Buch

Surfing and Social Theory

Experience, Embodiment and Narrative of the Dream Glide

Beschreibung

Drawing on popular surf culture, academic literature and the analytical tools of social theory, this is the first sustained commentary on the contemporary social and cultural meaning of surfing, exploring mind and body, emotions, and aesthetics.

Autor

Nick Ford is Senior Lecturer in geography at the University of Exeter, UK. He is a lifelong surfer. David Brown is Lecturer in the sociology of sport and physical culture in the School of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Exeter, UK. His research focuses on qualitative socio-cultural understandings of the body, the self and society in sport and physical culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 496g
• ISBN-13: 9780415334327
• ISBN-10: 0415334322
• Artikelnr.: 25445999