Surfer Girls in the New World Order

Comer, Krista

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“…Much like Comer (2010) found in Mexico with the surfista girls, it is difficult to define who is and is not a local surfer. Some local surfers in Las Salinas said that there were a few foreign resident surfers they would consider, or treat, as local surfers.…”

Section: Becoming a Surfistamentioning

confidence: 99%

Surfistas Locales: Transnationalism and the Construction of Surfer Identity in Nicaragua

Usher

Kerstetter

2015

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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Surfers have created their own subculture, which has been associated with concepts such as environmentalism, masculinity, place, and nonconformity, yet the increasing global reach of their sport has created transnational surf communities that bring into question the definition of what it means to be a "local" surfer. This ethnographic study examines identity construction in local Nicaraguan surfers, the ways in which their subculture has formed within a transnational context, how they accept/reject resident foreign surfers, and how foreign surfers see themselves in Nicaragua's globalized surf space. The findings indicate that Nicaraguan surfers have formed their own local surf subculture from globalized influences, and determining whether foreigners are accepted or rejected from this subculture depends on a complex set of factors related to their relationship with local surfers and the local indigenous community.

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Section: Becoming a Surfistamentioning

confidence: 99%

Surfistas Locales: Transnationalism and the Construction of Surfer Identity in Nicaragua

Usher

Kerstetter

2015

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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“…The BAB image might be linked specifically to 'brave femininities' associated with surfing subcultures (Comer, 2010)-the 'fun girl with a fighting spirit' in multi-ethnic surfer girl frame (ibid, 2010). While the calendar images may reinforce certain ideals of able-bodied femininities, it is important not to downplay young women's political agency based on these representations.…”

Section: Babes Against Biotechmentioning

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Gendered Representations in Hawai‘i's Anti-Gmo Activism

Shaw

2016

Feminist Review

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The aim of this article is to analyse some of the representations of intersectional gender that materialise in activism against genetically modified organisms (GMOs). It uses the case of Hawaiʻi as a key node in global transgenic seed production and hotspot for food, land and farming controversies. Based on ethnographic work conducted since 2012, the article suggests some of the ways that gender is represented within movements against GMOs and offers examples of how this emerges through activist media representations. I suggest some of the ways that intersectional gender shapes this food-related movement by analysing themes of motherhood, warrior masculinities and sexualised femininities, exploring the implications these framings have for identification with movements. I propose that these representations of gender invoke some normative ideas that are nuanced in an intersectional, contextualised frame but that these nonetheless constrain movement participation and support by different subjects. The article suggests that these representations may work together to provide a sense of social certainty and familiarity that works to counterbalance and enable anti-GMO organising's threats to (agri)business as usual in the settler state.

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“…Apart from sporadic mentions and contributions in English, little has been comprehensively written about Japan's diverse surfing histories, cultures, destinations and transnational networks either in English (Clark, the Introduction of Hough-Snee & Eastman, 2017). There are varied and complex histories that comprise global surf culture today, involving co-constituting and conflicting local and global tendencies (Anderson, 2014;Comer, 2010;Laderman, 2014;Usher & Kerstetter, 2015). Such dynamics play out in relation to multiple social identity axes of gender, race, ethnicity, class, age, (dis)abilities, religion, and sexuality .…”

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“…3 This privileging of surfing masculinities continues to marginalise, devalue, and trivialise women's experiences and their accomplishments despite their increased participation and visibility across the world. Despite this constraint recent research has begun to show how women transform surfscapes and engage in their own place-making (for example, see Comer, 2010;Fendt & Wilson, 2012;Knijnik et al, 2010;lisahunter, 2018;Olive et al, 2016;Olive 2016;Roy, 2014). Alternatives are being "carved out" (Comley, 2016(Comley, , p. 1289.…”

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Maintaining Masculinities in Japan’s Transnational Surfscapes: Space, Place, and Gender

Doering

Evers

2019

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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This article examines the local practices, histories, and transnational circulation and exchange of gender ideologies within Japanese surfscapes. A focus on gender in relation to Japanese surf culture is critical as the ways surf spaces in Japan are governed and/or have changed in recent years has as much to do with transnational gender surf ideologies as with its domestic gender norms. More specifically, we examine how gendered ideologies in Japan are mobilised in particular ways depending on the conditions of possibility-the cultural, social, geographical, historical, and networked elements-that comprise any given surfscape. To draw attention to the complexities involved in the relationship between space, place and gender in Japan the enquiry is undertaken in a highly localised, territorial, and big-wave surf site in Wakayama Prefecture and surrounding Kansai region. This site has been chosen because of how it localises a unique mode of trans-Pacific surf culture, thereby offering insight into the nuances, issues and strategies of social change as surfing continues to evolve in the region. The aim of the analysis is two-fold. The first is contextual, highlighting the importance of the culturally and site specific character of how surf culture and gender relations are assembled in the Japanese context. The second is to offer insight into the specific histories and transnational relationships informing the gendered practices of surfing in Japan today. The intention is to highlight the diversity of surf cultures throughout East Asia and the different ways surfing lifestyles are localised in relation to socio-political-ecological placemaking and gender.

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Surfer Girls in the New World Order

Cited by 59 publications

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Surfistas Locales: Transnationalism and the Construction of Surfer Identity in Nicaragua

Surfistas Locales: Transnationalism and the Construction of Surfer Identity in Nicaragua

Gendered Representations in Hawai‘i's Anti-Gmo Activism

Maintaining Masculinities in Japan’s Transnational Surfscapes: Space, Place, and Gender

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