Surfing about music [electronic resource] / Timothy J. Cooley.

"How are surfing and music interrelated? Is surfing inherently musical, as is sometimes claimed? Surfing about Music trace multiple connections between music and surfing through subjects ranging from mele (chants/songs) to hapa haole music in Hawai°i; from California "surf music" to surfing-themed f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cooley, Timothy J., 1962- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Surf music > History and criticism. Surfing > History. Music > Social aspects.
Online Access:	ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2014 (Ebook Central @ Proquest) EBSCO eBooks: 2014 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2014 (EBSCO)
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Trouble in paradise : the history and reinvention of surfing
"Surf music" and the California surfing boom : new surfing gets a sound
Music in surf movies
Two festivals and three genres of music
The pro surfer sings
The soul surfer sings
Playing together and solitary play : why surfers need music.