Surfing life
Subtitle: surface, substructure and the commodification of the sublime
By: by Mark Stranger
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Company; Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780754674436
Subjects: Subcultures; Surfing; Social change
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: This study of surfing; title: Pleasure and discipline : a surfing history; title: Resistance and incorporation : contemporary surfing life; title: Risk, self and social configurations; title: Fear, desire and a postmodern sublime; title: Commodification, reflexivity and trust : the surfing culture industry; title: Aestheticization and sportization : towards synthesis; title: Conclusions.