Surfing Life - Surface, Substructure and the Commodification of the Sublime (Hardcover, New Ed)

Surfing Life is a study of surfing and social change that also provides insights into other experience-based contemporary subcultures and the nature of the self and social formations in contemporary society. Making use of extensive empirical material to support innovative theoretical approaches to social change, this book offers an analysis of the relationship between embodied experience, culture and the economy. With its ground breaking theoretical contributions, and its foundation in an ethnographic study of surfing culture in locations across Australia, this volume will appeal not only to those interested in the social and cultural phenomenon of surfing, but also to anyone interested in the sociology of sport and leisure, the sociology of culture and consumption, risk-taking, subcultures and theories of contemporary social change.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Mark Stranger
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	300
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-7443-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure
LSN:	0-7546-7443-6
Barcode:	9780754674436

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