Abstract
The road to the local municipal pool winds down through the bush. As it comes into view, a quick glance tells you all you need to know; whether you’ll have a lane to yourself and who else is there, distinctive in their bodies, their bathers, and their swimming style. Today, it is furnished with familiars: Mr Splashy, the duck-diver, the lane-walkers, the superfast woman, the breaststroke swim-chatters, the swimmer whose hand enters the water just the way your friend’s does. All this is taken in so quickly as you wheel past the perimeter, watch for pedestrians, bush-wallabies and snakes, and change down through the gears. Another glance: what’s the water doing? It is ruffled, but all reflections, alive and waiting, promising a feeling-to-come through swimming there.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 307-310 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Cultural Studies Review |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
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- place (philosophy)
- swimming pools