Nicholas J Ford, David Brown

Surfing and Social Theory

Experience, Embodiment and Narrative of the Dream Glide

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780415334327
• ISBN-10: 0415334322
• Artikelnr.: 25445999

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Illustrations
Preface
1 INTRODUCTION
2 THE ENCHANTED SEA: THE EVOLVING PERCEPTIONS
OF THE SEA, COASTSCAPE AND BEACH
3 THE NARRATIVE HISTORY AND GLOBALIZATION OF SURFING
4 SURFING AS SUBCULTURE AND LIFESTYLE
5 GENDERING THE WAVES: SURFING IN THE GENDER ORDER AND THE
GENDER ORDER ON SURFING
6 SURFING AND SURFED BODIES: THE EMBODIMENT OF SURFING
7 THE EXPERIENCE OF SURFING
8 CONCLUSION AND RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
Notes
Bibliography
Index