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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, Nick, 1956-

Contributor:

Brown, David, 1968 November 11-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surfing--Social aspects.

Surfing.

Subculture.

Physical Description:

viii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Surfing has emerged from ancient roots to become a twenty-first century phenomenon - an 'alternative' sport, lifestyle and art form now with a global profile and ever-increasing numbers of participants. Drawing on popular surf culture, academic literature and the analytical tools of social theory, this book is the first sustained commentary on the contemporary social and cultural meaning of surfing.

Core themes of mind and body, emotions and identity, aesthetics, style and sensory experience are explored through a variety of topics, including: evolving-perceptions of the sea and the beach, the narrative of surfing history, media and photography, the globalization of surfing, surfing as a subculture and lifestyle, the embodiment and gendering of surfing, the lived experience of surfing. Surfing and Social Theory provides students and researchers in sport, sociology, culture and geography with a new combination of perspectives, and a new research agenda.

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.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0415334322

0415334330

0203415027

OCLC:

58563303

Publisher Number:

9780415334327 (hbk.)

9780415334334 (pbk.)