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Australian beach cultures [electronic resource] : the history of sun, sand, and surf / Douglas Booth.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Booth, Douglas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, 2001.
Series:Sport in the global society.
Subjects:
Bathing customs > Australia.
Surfers > Australia > Social life and customs.
Bathing beaches > Australia.
Australia > Social life and customs.
Bathing beaches.
Bathing customs.
Manners and customs.
Surfers > Social life and customs.
Australia.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Beaches, bathers and bodies
  • 2. Mrs Grundy and daylight bathers
  • 3. Undressed bodies
  • 4. Valorous surf lifesavers?
  • 5. Hedonistic surfers
  • 6. Subversive soul-surfers
  • 7. Managing surfers : the professional era
  • 8. Managing iron men and iron women : the professional era
  • 9. The end of the beach?

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