The American Surfer: Radical Culture and Capitalism

By Kristin Lawler

Book Overview

This book examines the surfer, one of the most significant and enduring archetypes in American popular culture. Lawler sets the surfer against the backdrop of the negative reactions to it by those groups responsible for enforcing the Puritan discipline, offering a fresh take on the relationship between commercial culture and counterculture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415811473
• ISBN13: 9780415811477
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"