Class Year
2017
Document Type
Student Research Paper
Date of Creation
Spring 2017
Department 1
Anthropology
Abstract
Examining the relationship between masculinity, sexuality, and the sport of surfing in the context of Costa Rica. Questions the nature of emergent counter identities in the hyper-masculine realm of the surfing subculture and the ways in which the emergence of counter identities changes the nature of the subculture. Focuses on the anthropology of sport, the anthropology of sexuality, and theories of territoriality.
Copyright Note
This is the author's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Recupero, Joseph C., "Claiming the Indomitable Wave: Masculinities, Sexualities, and the Realm of Surfing in Costa Rica" (2017). Student Publications. 542.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/student_scholarship/542
Included in
Biological and Physical Anthropology Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Latin American Studies Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, Sports Studies Commons
Comments
Written as a Senior Honors Capstone in Anthropology.