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This book explores the ever-changing relationships between bodies, oceans, beaches and tourism. Drawing on feminist scholarship, the book focuses on the emergence of Australian beach cultures beyond metropolitan centres from the early 19th century to the early 20th century on the Illawarra beaches, some 80 kilometres south of Sydney.
List of contents
Introduction: Stripping off Chapter 1. Sex in private: 'Bathing in perfection' Chapter 2. The public bathing reserve: Disciplining the 'insatiable desire to pose on the sands' Chapter 3. Rail and car mobilities: Technologies of movement and touring the sublime Chapter 4. The 'Brighton of Australia' becomes the 'Sheffield of the South': Knowledge, power and the production of an 'industrial heartland' in an 'earthly paradise' Chapter 5. 'Battle for honours': Surf lifesavers, masculinity, performativity and spatiality Chapter 6. Making bathing 'modern'
About the author
Christine Metusela is an early career researcher currently conducting research for Neuroscience Research Australia and the University of New South Wales on projects funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council that address key questions about Aboriginal health and ageing and improving service provision for early onset dementia. Her PhD thesis explored social geographies of the beach. In particular, it focused on the transformations of the social relationships that forged the Illawarra beaches in NSW, Australia as a leisure and tourism space.
Summary
This book explores the ever-changing relationships between bodies, oceans, beaches and tourism. Drawing on feminist scholarship, the book focuses on the emergence of Australian beach cultures beyond metropolitan centres from the early 19th century to the early 20th century on the Illawarra beaches, some 80 kilometres south of Sydney.
