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Title: Review of 'Notes for a young surfer', by Clifton Evers, Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 2010, 172 pp., $24.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-522-85489-3
Contributor(s): Warren, Andrew  (author)
Publication Date: 2011
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2011.617919
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12564
Abstract: Clifton Evers' 'Notes for a young surfer' is an exciting read - richly auto-ethnographic, conversational and at times confronting. While the book's title articulates the overarching focus on young surfers and their processes of identity construction as members in surfing groups, the text has much wider appeal and relevance. It is concerned with opening up conversation and critical reflection on the often misguided ways young men come to learn about 'doing' manhood, mateship, sex, respect and social hierarchies. The topics covered in the book (masculinity, sexuality, gender relations, racism, emotions/affect/embodiment) are therefore not new in gender and feminist geographies but what stands out in this work as important are the rich anecdotes formed around these themes, drawn from the author's own personal and embodied experiences as a surfer. Evers explains how he grew up on Queensland's Gold Coast (perhaps Australia's most famous surfing region) where he learnt about manhood 'on the run' by his daily experiences in the ocean and from his social interactions with other surfers on land.
Publication Type: Review
Source of Publication: Gender, Place and Culture, 18(6), p. 787-789
Publisher: Routledge
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1360-0524
0966-369X
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 169901 Gender Specific Studies
160403 Social and Cultural Geography
160402 Recreation, Leisure and Tourism Geography
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 940113 Gender and Sexualities
959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified
HERDC Category Description: D3 Review of Single Work
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