Identity, politics, and the beach: Environmental activism in Surfers Against Sewage

Leisure Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-302

  Wheaton, Belinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Environmentalism; Identity politics; Lifestyle sport; New social movements; Political protest; Surfing

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ENVIRONMENTALISM; POPULAR PROTEST; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250654544     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02614360601053533     Document Type: Article

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