On the waves: surfing, youth and culture in Rio de Janeiros’s sixties

In the second half of the twentieth century, the influence of the United States in the world sporting arena is explicit. The spreading of cultural practices showing North American traces, such as surfing, cannot however be considered only as the result of imposition: there are local appropriations t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Dias, Cleber, Fortes, Rafael, Andrade de Melo, Victor
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Institución:Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Repositorio:Estudos Históricos (Rio de Janeiro)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/3669
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fgv.br/reh/article/view/3669
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:sport
surfing
youth
culture
behavior
esporte
surfe
juventude
cultura
comportamento
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Sumario:In the second half of the twentieth century, the influence of the United States in the world sporting arena is explicit. The spreading of cultural practices showing North American traces, such as surfing, cannot however be considered only as the result of imposition: there are local appropriations that say much about the context of reception. Based on this consideration, this article aims to discuss the aprehention of surfing in Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s. It thus explores how this sport was taken as a marker of identity, based on its links to certain notions of youth and lifestyle.