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MACMILLAN Bondi Beach: Representations of an Iconic Australian

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Product Description Bondi Beach is a history of an iconic place. It is a big history of geological origins, management by Aboriginal people, environmental despoliation by white Australians, and the formation of beach cultures. It is also a local history of the name Bondi, the origins of the Big Rock at Ben Buckler, the motives of early land holders, the tragedy known as Black Sunday, the hostilities between lifesavers and surfers, and the hullabaloos around the Pavilion. Pointing to a myriad of representations, author Douglas Booth shows that there is little agreement about the meaning of Bondi. Booth resolves these representations with a fresh narrative that presents the beach’s perspective of a place under siege. Booth’s creative narrative conveys important lessons about our engagement with the physical world. Review “A fascinating and charming book. I especially loved the autobiography of a beach…” (Elizabeth Farrelly, Author of Killing Sydney)  “More than a history of Bondi, Booth’s Bondi Beach: Representations of an Iconic Australian is an autobiography of Australia’s most famous beach. Drawing together meticulous research, this thought-provoking account takes readers on a fascinating journey which culminates in an entrancing account of Bondi Beach from a fresh new perspective.” (Dr. Caroline Ford, Principal Policy Officer, Aboriginal Cultural Heritage at Heritage NSW, Australia)  “Bondi is sacred to many Australians. It is a mecca for international tourists, but how well do we know its history? Professor Doug Booth has comprehensively provided an account of how this beach and its suburb has evolved. It is a remarkable story of struggles to regain beach access for all and to ensure it stays an iconic public asset forever.” (Emeritus Professor Bruce Thom, University of Sydney, Australia)  “In this erudite book the famous Australian beach – Bondi – is revealed in all the nuance, complexity, and dynamism that has beguiled across multiple generations, identities, and cultures both nationally and internationally. With great methodological and theoretical sensitivity, Douglas Booth nurtures an appreciation for contested and surprising historical, material, representational, and practical sensibilities that constitute Bondi Beach. This book is a profound and urgent demonstration of how to be more responsive to the entanglements that will help a more reflexive ethical relationship with place emerge, not only in Bondi but also elsewhere.” (Dr Clifton Evers, Co-Director of EDI for School of Arts & Cultures, Newcastle University, UK)  “Booth’s Bondi Beach: Representations of an Iconic Australian is a creative book that extensively engages with critical scholarship to produce a progressive and innovative history. Using the tenets of the philosophy of history, as articulated by a band of critical historical scholars, the author links geology, geography, cultural studies, sport history, heritage studies, Indigenous history and Bondi Beach. Booth consciously and conspicuously places himself, as the author/historian, at the centre of the scholarship.” (Professor Murray Phillips, The University of Queensland, Australia) “Doug Booth is one of the world’s leading sports historians. Renowned for his uncompromising approach to his craft he always challenges his reader to think about his subject in new and compelling ways.  This is no less the case with Booth’s new history of Australia’s iconic Bondi Beach.  His transdisciplinary approach which draws together a range of disciplines, notably history and the earth sciences, provides new insights and he completes the work with a bold new approach to biography.  A must read from a historian at the top of his game.” (Sean Brawley, Professor of History and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia) From the Back Cover ‘A fascinating and charming book. I especially loved the autobiography of a beach…’ ― Elizabeth Farrelly, Author of Killing Sy

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Amazon UK
Release Date
30 September 2021
Listed Since
28 May 2021

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