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Author Ford, Nick, 1956-

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

Imprint London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description viii, 204 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-196) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Surfing -- Social aspects.
Subculture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Brown, David, 1968 Nov. 11-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0415334322 (hbk.)
9780415334327 (hbk.)
0415334330 (pbk.)
9780415334334 (pbk.)
0203415027 (electronic bk.)
9780203415023 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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