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Empire in Waves - A Political History of Surfing (Hardcover, New)
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Empire in Waves - A Political History of Surfing (Hardcover, New)
Series: Sport in World History, 1
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Surfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches,
bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure. But is the story of
surfing really as simple as popular culture suggests? In this first
international political history of the sport, Scott Laderman shows
that while wave riding is indeed capable of stimulating tremendous
pleasure, its globalization went hand in hand with the blood and
repression of the long twentieth century.
Emerging as an imperial instrument in post-annexation Hawaii,
spawning a form of tourism that conquered the littoral Third World,
tracing the struggle against South African apartheid, and employed
as a diplomatic weapon in America's Cold War arsenal, the saga of
modern surfing is only partially captured by Gidget, the Beach
Boys, and the film "Blue Crush." From nineteenth-century American
empire-building in the Pacific to the low-wage labor of the surf
industry today, Laderman argues that surfing in fact closely
mirrored American foreign relations. Yet despite its
less-than-golden past, the sport continues to captivate people
worldwide.
Whether in El Salvador or Indonesia or points between, the modern
history of this cherished pastime is hardly an uncomplicated story
of beachside bliss. Sometimes messy, occasionally contentious, but
never dull, surfing offers us a whole new way of viewing our
globalized world.
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