2 documents
Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Aileen Moreton-Robinson
e-flux journal
e-flux journal issue 90: “Trade Markings”
e-flux Announcement
Posted: April 4, 2018
Category
Colonialism & Imperialism, Indigenous Issues & Indigeneity, Land & territory
Subjects
Publications, Whiteness
Institution
# 90
Bodies That Matter on the Beach
Aileen Moreton-Robinson
In the nineteenth century, surf bathing was performed exclusively by white males, but it was not a predominant part of beach culture because the Police Act 1838 restricted swimming to the early hours of the morning and preferably on nonpopular beaches. The public display of the white male body was perceived to offend moral sensibilities current at the time. It was not until the early twentieth century that surf bathing became a part of modern beach culture, due in part to the shifting codes of Victorian morality and increased control of the sea and the surf.
e-flux Journal
Posted: April 4, 2018
Category
Indigenous Issues & Indigeneity, Colonialism & Imperialism, Gender
Subjects
Water & The Sea, Whiteness, Oceania