Partly primitive: Discursive constructions of the domestic surfer

Consumption Markets and Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-144

  Canniford, Robin ^a,b   Karababa, Eminegül ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b The Surfing Heritage Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

colonial; consumption; discourse; history; other; primitive; surfing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875916397     PISSN: 10253866     EISSN: 1477223X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253866.2012.662818     Document Type: Article

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