Kategoria BISAC: Sports & Recreation >> Water Sports - General

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...

Whilst being an ambiguous and contested concept, sustainability has become one of the 21^st century s most pervasive ideas, as humanity s increasing impact on the environment, as well as increasing social and economic inequalities, have local and global consequences. Surfing is a globally recognised cultural phenomena whose unique connection with nature and rapid expansion into a multibillion pound industry offers exciting synergies for exploring various dimensions of sustainability.

This book is the first to bring together the world s foremost experts on the themes of...