Surfing Spaces

ISBN-13: 9781138849341 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 264 str.

Jon Anderson

Opis

This book offers a critical examination of the construction of surfing spaces, examining the where of surfing to explore how surfers order and border the places of the beach, as well as the place of the surfed wave itself. It explores how the surfed wave can be understood as an event that transforms the identity of the participant, evokes relational sensibilities and promotes both spirituality and feelings of home. Theories of non-representation and more-than-representation are adopted to analyse how surfers communicate these embodied experiences to others. The book also investigates how mobility changes surfing places, through local conflicts, global cultures, and consequences of colonisation. Social movements within surfing are also explored, as well as the commodification of surfing and the economic valuation of the wave."

Spis treści

1. Welcome to Surfing Spaces. 2. Turning towards Surfing Spaces. Part I: 3. Locating Surfing Spaces. 4. Relating to Surfing Spaces. 5. The Surf-Riding Cyborg. 6. The Relational Sensibilities of Surfing Spaces. 7. The Stoke of Surf-Riders. 8. The Event of Surfing Spaces. Part II: 9. The heterogeneous histories of surfing spaces and their cultural colonisation Chapter 10 The Imagineering of Surfing Spaces. 11. The International Influence of the Surfing Spaces Script. 12. Coding Surfing Spaces: Surf-Rider Positioning. 13. Codes of Surf-Rider Provenance. 14. Codes of Craft. 15. Codes of Gender. 16. Codes of Travel: the Trans-local Surf-Rider. 17. New Surfing Spaces.

O autorze

Jon Anderson is a Professor of Human Geography in the School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, UK.