Surfing Nation(s) Surfing Country(s) - McGloin, Colleen
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Despite its historical connections to counterculturaland subcultural expression, surfing in Australia hasemerged as a cultural formation which contributes toand sustains dominant conceptions of nationalidentity. This claim is demonstrated through theinvestigation of adiverse range of texts. As a counterpoint to thecongruence of mainstream surfing culture and whiteAustralian nationhood, this work draws from theculturally specific views of nation and country thatinform contemporary Indigenous surfing culture.Through the voices of Aboriginal people, nation(s),surfing, and the ocean are…mehr

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Despite its historical connections to counterculturaland subcultural expression, surfing in Australia hasemerged as a cultural formation which contributes toand sustains dominant conceptions of nationalidentity. This claim is demonstrated through theinvestigation of adiverse range of texts. As a counterpoint to thecongruence of mainstream surfing culture and whiteAustralian nationhood, this work draws from theculturally specific views of nation and country thatinform contemporary Indigenous surfing culture.Through the voices of Aboriginal people, nation(s),surfing, and the ocean are contextualised accordingto a culturally relevant frame of reference thatcontests dominant projections of nation at the levelof cultural production and cultural practice.
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McGloin Colleen§Dr. Colleen McGloin lectures in Aboriginal Studies at the Woolyungah Indigenous Centre, University of Wollongong, Australia.