Comer Surfer Girls in the New World Order

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9315-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 292 Seiten

Explores surfing as a local and global subculture, looking at how the culture of surfing has affected and been affected by girls, from baby boomers to members of Generation Y.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Comer, Krista

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Wassersport
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Critical Localisms in a Globalized World 1

Part I. California Goes Global

1. Californians in Diaspora: The Making of a Local/Global Subculture 35

2. Wanting to Be Lisa: The Surfer Girl Comes of Age 76

Part II. Globalization from Below

3. The Politics of Play: Tourism, Ecofeminism, and Surfari in Mexico 117

4. Surf Shops and the Transfer of Girl Localist Knowledge 162

5. Surfing the New World Order: What Is Next? 205

Notes 231

Bibliography 259

Index 273

Über Autor(innen)

Krista Comer is an Associate Professor of English at Rice University. She is the author of Landscapes of the New West: Gender and Geography in Contemporary Women’s Writing.