Surfing Today Evokes Many Things: Thundering Waves, Warm Beaches, Bikinis And Lifeguards, And Carefree Pleasure. But Is The Story Of Surfing Really As Simple As Popular Culture Suggests? In This First International Political History Of The Sport, Scott Laderman Shows That While Wave Riding Is Indeed Capable Of Stimulating Tremendous Pleasure, Its Globalization Went Hand In Hand With The Blood And Repression Of The Long Twentieth Century. Emerging As An Imperial Instrument In Post-annexation Hawaii, Spawning A Form Of Tourism That Conquered The Littoral Third World, Tracing The Struggle Against South African Apartheid, And Employed As A Diplomatic Weapon In America's Cold War Arsenal, The Saga Of Modern Surfing Is Only Partially Captured By Gidget, The Beach Boys, And The Film Blue Crush. From Nineteenth-century American Empire-building In The Pacific To The Low-wage Labor Of The Surf Industry Today, Laderman Argues That Surfing In Fact Closely Mirrored American Foreign Relations. Yet Despite Its Less-than-golden Past, The Sport Continues To Captivate People Worldwide. Whether In El Salvador Or Indonesia Or Points Between, The Modern History Of This Cherished Pastime Is Hardly An Uncomplicated Story Of Beachside Bliss. Sometimes Messy, Occasionally Contentious, But Never Dull, Surfing Offers Us A Whole New Way Of Viewing Our Globalized World.-- Introduction: A Political History Of Surfing -- How Surfing Became American: The Imperial Roots Of Modern Surf Culture -- A World Made Safe For Discovery: Travel, Cultural Diplomacy, And The Politics Of Surf Exploration -- Paradise Found: The Discovery Of Indonesia And The Surfing Imagination -- When Surfing Discovered It Was Political: Confronting South African Apartheid -- Industrial Surfing: The Commodification Of Experience -- Epilogue: A New Millenium. Scott Laderman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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Empire in Waves: A Political History of Surfing (Sport in World History Book 1)

Scott Laderman

Sport in World History, Online-ausg, Berkeley, California, 2014

Sport in world history, Berkeley, Calif, cop. 2014

Sport in World History Ser, 1st ed, Berkeley, 2014

University of California Press, Berkeley, 2014

United States, United States of America

Sport in world history 1, 2016

First, 2014

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Surfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches, bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure. But is the story of surfing really as simple as popular culture suggests? In this first international political history of the sport, Scott Laderman shows that while wave riding is indeed capable of stimulating tremendous pleasure, its globalization went hand in hand with the blood and repression of the long twentieth century. <br> <br> Emerging as an imperial instrument in post-annexation Hawaii, spawning a form of tourism that conquered the littoral Third World, tracing the struggle against South African apartheid, and employed as a diplomatic weapon in America's Cold War arsenal, the saga of modern surfing is only partially captured by Gidget, the Beach Boys, and the film <i>Blue Crush</i>. From nineteenth-century American empire-building in the Pacific to the low-wage labor of the surf industry today, Laderman argues that surfing in fact closely mirrored American foreign relations. Yet despite its less-than-golden past, the sport continues to captivate people worldwide.<br> <br> Whether in El Salvador or Indonesia or points between, the modern history of this cherished pastime is hardly an uncomplicated story of beachside bliss. Sometimes messy, occasionally contentious, but never dull, surfing offers us a whole new way of viewing our globalized world.

"Surfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches, bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure. But is the story of surfing really as simple as popular culture suggests? In this first international political history of the sport, Scott Laderman shows that while wave riding is indeed capable of stimulating tremendous pleasure, its globalization went hand in hand with the blood and repression of the long twentieth century. Emerging as an imperial instrument in post-annexation Hawaii, spawning a form of tourism that conquered the littoral Third World, tracing the struggle against South African apartheid, and employed as a diplomatic weapon in America's Cold War arsenal, the saga of modern surfing is only partially captured by Gidget, the Beach Boys, and the film Blue Crush. From nineteenth-century American empire-building in the Pacific to the low-wage labor of the surf industry today, Laderman argues that surfing in fact closely mirrored American foreign relations. Yet despite its less-than-golden past, the sport continues to captivate people worldwide. Whether in El Salvador or Indonesia or points between, the modern history of this cherished pastime is hardly an uncomplicated story of beachside bliss. Sometimes messy, occasionally contentious, but never dull, surfing offers us a whole new way of viewing our globalized world"--Provided by Publisher

Surfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches, bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure. But is the story of surfing really as simple as popular culture suggests? In this first international political history of the sport, Scott Laderman shows that while wave riding is indeed capable of stimulating tremendous pleasure, its globalization went hand in hand with the blood and repression of the long twentieth century. Emerging as an imperial instrument in post-annexation Hawaii, spawning a form of tourism that conquered the littoral Third World, tracing the struggle against South African apartheid, and employed as a diplomatic weapon in America's Cold War arsenal, the saga of modern surfing is only partially captured by Gidget, the Beach Boys, and the film Blue Crush. From nineteenth-century American empire-building in the Pacific to the low-wage labor of the surf industry today, Laderman argues that surfing in fact closely mirrored American foreign relations. Yet despite its less-than-golden past, the sport continues to captivate people worldwide. Whether in El Salvador or Indonesia or points between, the modern history of this cherished pastime is hardly an uncomplicated story of beachside bliss. Sometimes messy, occasionally contentious, but never dull, surfing offers us a whole new way of viewing our globalized world.-- Provided by Publisher

Surfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches, bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure. But is the story of surfing really as simple as popular culture suggests? In this international political history of the sport, Scott Laderman shows that while wave riding is indeed capable of stimulating tremendous pleasure, its globalization went hand in hand with the blood and repression of the long 20th century.

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