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Surfing life : surface, substructure and the commodification of the sublime /

Title
Surfing life : surface, substructure and the commodification of the sublime / Mark Stranger.
Author
Stranger, Mark.
Publication
Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2011.

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Description
xii, 288 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
This study of surfing -- Pleasure and discipline : a surfing history -- Resistance and incorporation : contemporary surfing life -- Risk, self and social configurations -- Fear, desire and a postmodern sublime -- Commodification, reflexivity and trust : the surfing culture industry -- Aestheticization and sportization : towards synthesis -- Conclusions.
ISBN
  • 9780754674436 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0754674436 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010049363
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library