Surfacing tension: Toward a political ecological critique of surfing representations

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 275-296

  Hill, Lauren L ^a   Abbott, J Anthony ^a  

^a STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 59849123378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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