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Beach Soccer Histories
Lee McGowan, Elizabeth Ellison, Michele Lastella
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Beach Soccer Histories is the first text to consider the sport as a
historical, social and cultural phenomenon, to define its
traditions, and present leading research on the development and
significance of football played on sand. Following a period of
expansive, rapid growth, beach soccer is an internationally
governed professional sport, which has come a long way from its
origins in Rio de Janeiro in the 1920s. The sand-based variant is
distinguished from football by a range of factors, including the
dramatic impact of the playing surface. Yet, the game has undergone
very little academic scrutiny. This research adopts and adapts
qualitative methods related to oral history and football studies,
including extensive archival research, semi-structured interviews,
and textual and thematic analyses. As it looks beneath the game’s
contemporary reach, it considers origins, organisations –
including FIFA’s influence – and the beach cultures that
underpin its sporting and historical development. This the most
comprehensive exploration of the beach soccer and a century of its
existence. Beach Soccer Histories examines the game’s historical
development, critical moments and movements in its progress,
successes and contentions, and its contemporary state of play with
a view to deepening and advancing our understanding of the game.
Writing the Australian Beach is the first book in fifteen years to
explore creative and cultural representations of this iconic
landscape, and how writers and scholars have attempted to
understand and depict it. Although the content chiefly focuses on
Australia, the beach as both a location and idea resonates deeply
with readers around the world. This edited collection includes
three sections. Forms of Beach Writing examines the history of
beach writing in Australia and in a number of forms: screenwriting,
social media writing, and food writing. In turn, Multiplicities of
Australian Beach Writing examines how forms of writing-poetry,
travel writing, horror film, and memoir-engage with some specific
beaches in Australia. And, finally, Reading the Beach as a Text
considers how the beach itself functions in cultural narratives:
how we walk the beach; the revealing story of beach soccer; and the
design and use of ocean baths. Given its scope, the collection
offers a unique resource for scholars of Australian culture and
creative writing, and for all those interested in Australian
beaches.
Writing the Australian Beach is the first book in fifteen years to
explore creative and cultural representations of this iconic
landscape, and how writers and scholars have attempted to
understand and depict it. Although the content chiefly focuses on
Australia, the beach as both a location and idea resonates deeply
with readers around the world. This edited collection includes
three sections. Forms of Beach Writing examines the history of
beach writing in Australia and in a number of forms: screenwriting,
social media writing, and food writing. In turn, Multiplicities of
Australian Beach Writing examines how forms of writing-poetry,
travel writing, horror film, and memoir-engage with some specific
beaches in Australia. And, finally, Reading the Beach as a Text
considers how the beach itself functions in cultural narratives:
how we walk the beach; the revealing story of beach soccer; and the
design and use of ocean baths. Given its scope, the collection
offers a unique resource for scholars of Australian culture and
creative writing, and for all those interested in Australian
beaches.
This book offers important insights into the challenging yet
rewarding journey of undertaking a PhD. Written by students, for
students, the book explores a range of case studies from creative
arts and humanities doctoral students, embracing a cognitive,
emotional and transformational metaphor of the journey. The volume
is organised around themes and concerns identified as important by
PhD students, such as building resilience and working with
supervisors, and includes personal stories, case studies, scholarly
signposts and key take-away points relevant to all doctoral
settings. With perspectives from all stages of the doctoral
journey, this book is sure to become a valuable support to students
and supervisors alike, as well as those working in research
education and training.
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