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Steven Matthewman: More than sand:Theorising the Beach

Beach as site of escape, leisure, new identity formation

Liminal zone as threshold between space and place.

Traditional escape form the city and the means of escape:

• railway
• goods freight
• increase in lesiure time

Paheka vs Maori associations with the beach:

• Paheka - leisure/ recreation/ asethetic
• Maori - kai moana, ecological/spiritual connections to place and mana whenua

Matthewman outlines the social associations with teh beach, from the spatial relationship with the coast to the spiritual and ecological connection of Maori.