Sweetness and Blood : How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World, with Some Unexpected Results

• Autore: Moore Michael
• Pubblicazione: Gordonsville : , : Rodale Inc, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 797.3/20973
• Soggetto non controllato: Surfing; United States; Sports & Recreation; Travel
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Author's Apology -- Chapter 1: California and Hawaii -- As Civilization Advances -- Chapter 2: Indonesia -- Bulé Bulé -- Chapter 3: Germany -- The Fun-Gesellschaft -- Chapter 4: Morocco -- Kilroy Was Here -- Chapter 5: United Kingdom -- English Incomers -- Chapter 6: Israel And The Gaza Strip -- Two Opposed Ideas -- Chapter 7: Cuba -- La Otra Revolución -- Chapter 8: SãO Tomé and Príncipe -- The Stern of an Old Canoe -- Chapter 9: Japan -- Plastics -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments.
• Sommario/riassunto: How did an obscure tribal sport from precolonial Hawaii--one that was nearly eliminated by Christianmissionaries--jump oceans to California and Australia? And how did it become such a worldwide passion, even in places where the surf may be excellent but the society is highly conservative or superstitious about the sea?In Sweetness and Blood - a brilliantly written travel adventure - journalist (and surfer) Michael Scott Moore visits unlikely surfing destinations--Israel and the Gaza Strip, West Africa, Great Britain, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Cuba, and Morocco--to find out. Whether he is connecting eccentric surf legend Doc Paskowitz to the Arab-Israeli conflict, trying to deconstruct the terrorist bombing in a nightclub in Bali, or being chased by the German police while surfing a river break in Berlin, Moore masterfully weaves together politics, culture, history, and surfing to create a book like no other.
• Altri titoli varianti: Sweetness and Blood
• Titolo autorizzato: Sweetness and Blood
• ISBN: 1-60529-098-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163885203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II