Surfing Nation(s) Surfing Country(s)

An examination of Australian surfing culture's connection to nation and Indigenous surfing's conception of nation.

Colleen McGloin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

180 Seiten

2008
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller e.K.
978-3-639-06164-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Despite its historical connections to counterculturaland subcultural expression, surfing in Australia hasemerged as a cultural formation which contributes toand sustains dominant conceptions of nationalidentity. This claim is demonstrated through theinvestigation of adiverse range of texts. As a counterpoint to thecongruence of mainstream surfing culture and whiteAustralian nationhood, this work draws from theculturally specific views of nation and country thatinform contemporary Indigenous surfing culture.Through the voices of Aboriginal people, nation(s),surfing, and the ocean are contextualised accordingto a culturally relevant frame of reference thatcontests dominant projections of nation at the levelof cultural production and cultural practice.

Autor

McGloin Colleen Dr. Colleen McGloin lectures in Aboriginal Studies at theWoolyungah Indigenous Centre, University of Wollongong,Australia.

Produkt-Details

• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 11 mm
• Gewicht: 252 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Australien; Völkerkunde • Windsurfing
• ISBN-10: 3-639-06164-0 / 3639061640
• ISBN-13: 978-3-639-06164-2 / 9783639061642
• Zustand: Neuware