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.
- | Author: Kristin Lawler
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Sep 05, 2012
- | Number of Pages: 222 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0415811473
- | ISBN-13: 9780415811477
