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Surfing and Social Theory: Experience, Embodiment and Narrative of the Dream
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Surfing and Social Theory: Experience, Embodiment and Narrative of the Dream Glide Hardcover - 2005

by Nicholas J. Ford; David Brown

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Surfing has emerged from ancient roots to become a twenty-first century phenomenon - an 'alternative' sport, lifestyle and art form 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, and particular attention is paid to:

* evolving perceptions of the sea and the beach
* the globalization of surfing
* surfing as a subculture and lifestyle
* the embodiment and gendering of surfing.

Surfing and Social Theory is an original and theoretically rigorous text that sets the agenda for future work in this area. Along with the Surf Science courses now appearing in universities around the world, this text provides students and researchers in sport, sociology, culture and geography with a new perspective and a thought-provoking text.

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  • Title Surfing and Social Theory: Experience, Embodiment and Narrative of the Dream Glide
  • Author Nicholas J. Ford; David Brown
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2005-12-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780415334327 / 0415334322
  • Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.42 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Pop Culture
  • Library of Congress subjects Subculture, Surfing - Social aspects
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005007661
  • Dewey Decimal Code 797.32

About the author

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.

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