Date of Award
2011
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
This Project involves looking at African American culture as it relates to swimming, water safety awareness, and water skills. The paper explores the myths and cultural norms associated with drowning phobias in African Americans to discover the root causes. Through historic accounts of African American culture one begins to uncover reasons why this culture became, in a sense aqua phobic. The paper will show what water sport professionals are up against, when working with a culture that is several generations removed from the water and their water skills. The ultimate goal is to draw attention to the importance of water safety and the ability to swim as a life skill.
Extent
vii, 67 p. : ill.
Recommended Citation
Groover, Jon Eric, "Aquatic phobias permeated through African American culture, economics, and politics" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 223.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/223
Identifier
FADT3170955
Comments
by Jon Eric Groover.|Vita.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011.|Includes bibliography.|Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.|by Jon Eric Groover.