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Autore: | Moore Michael Scott |
Titolo: | Sweetness and Blood : How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World, with Some Unexpected Results |
Pubblicazione: | Gordonsville, : Rodale |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (336 p.) : ill |
Disciplina: | 797.3/20973 |
Soggetto non controllato: | Surfing |
United States | |
Sports & Recreation | |
Travel | |
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 : How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World, with Some Unexpected Results |
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 |
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