Surfing and social theory
Subtitle: experience, embodiment, and narrative of the dream glide
By: Nick Ford and David Brown.
Contributors: Brown, David, 1968 Nov. 11-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Surfing -- Social aspects.; Subculture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The enchanted sea: the evolving perceptions; title: Of the sea, coastscape and beach; title: The narrative history and globalization of surfing; title: Surfing as subculture and lifestyle; title: Gendering the waves: surfing in the gender order and the; title: Gender order on surfing; title: Surfing and surfed bodies: the embodiment of surfing; title: The experience of surfing; title: Conclusion and research directions.