Research Catalog

Title

Women in action sport cultures : identity, politics and experience / Holly Thorpe, Rebecca Olive, editors.

Publication

• London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
• ©2016.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Thorpe, Holly
• Olive, Rebecca

Description

xxi, 387 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

Young, white men have dominated action sports for many years, yet women have refused to accept positions on the margins of these unique sporting cultures. Developing in a different context to many traditional sports, girls and women have adopted highly proactive approaches and developed unique strategies to negotiate space alongside their male peers in the waves, skate parks and cityscapes, on mountains and climbing walls, along trails, as well as around rinks. This international collection features contributions from a group of leading and emerging researchers, many of whom are passionate action sport participants themselves. With authors representing a range of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives including cultural studies, sociology, performance studies, media studies, sport for development, and education, this book offers the first collective focus on women in action sports cultures in the past, present and into the future. Ultimately, the book offers a vivid and powerful illustration of the new and ongoing struggles facing women in contemporary sporting cultures, as well as the various strands of activism, agency and politics being performed in the surf, on the slopes, and at the crag. The book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of sociology of sport and physical culture, gender studies, youth cultures, sport history, and pedagogy and education.

Series Statement

Global culture and sport series

Uniform Title

Global culture and sport.

Subjects

• Extreme sports
• Women athletes

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFD 17-1343

ISBN

• 9781137457967
• 1137457961

OCLC

969933462

Title

Women in action sport cultures : identity, politics and experience / Holly Thorpe, Rebecca Olive, editors.

Publisher

London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Global culture and sport series

Global culture and sport.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Thorpe, Holly, editor.

Olive, Rebecca, editor.

Research Call Number

JFD 17-1343