Research Catalog

Title

Sporting gender : the history, science, and stories of transgender and intersex athletes / Joanna Harper ; foreword by David Epstein.

Author

Harper, Joanna (Biophysicist)

Publication

• Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Description

xiv, 323 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are likely to feature the first transgender athlete, a topic that will be highly contentious during the competition. But transgender and intersex athletes such as Laurel Hubbard, Tifanny Abreu, and Caster Semenya didn't just turn up overnight. Both intersex and transgender athletes have been newsworthy stories for decades. In Sporting Gender: The History, Science, and Stories of Transgender and Intersex Athletes, Joanna Harper provides an in-depth examination of why gender diverse athletes are so controversial. She not only delves into the history of these athletes and their personal stories, but also explains in a highly accessible manner the science behind their gender diversity and why the science is important for regulatory committees--and the general public--to consider when evaluating sports performance. Sporting Gender gives the reader a perspective that is both broad in scope and yet detailed enough to grasp the nuances that are central in understanding the controversies over intersex and transgender athletes. Featuring personal investigations from the author, who has had first-person access to some of the most significant recent developments in this complex arena, this book provides fascinating insight into sex, gender, and sports." --

Subject

• Gay people and sports
• Gay athletes
• Lesbian athletes
• Transgender athletes
• Intersex athletes
• Sports > Social aspects
• Sexual minorities > Social conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-314) and index.

Contents

"Prehistoric" women's sport -- The science of intersex conditions -- Intersex athletes in the 1930s -- Postwar sex testing -- Transgender 101 -- Early transgender athletes -- Not the end of sex testing -- Joanna's story -- Transgender and intersex athletes, 2004-2009 -- Caster Semenya -- Transgender and intersex athletes, 2009-2014 -- The post-Semenya landscape -- Dutee Chand -- Dutee Chand versus the IAAF in the CAS -- Transgender athletes, 2013-2017 -- The 2016 IOC transgender guidelines -- Aftermath of the CAS decision in the Chand case -- Transgender athletes, 2015-2018 -- Transgender athletic research update -- The Caster Semenya trial--Epilogue: one last story -- Recent developments in gender and sports.

Call Number

JFE 20-5519

ISBN

• 9781538112960
• 1538112965

LCCN

2019949312

OCLC

1104322131

Author

Harper, Joanna (Biophysicist), author.

Title

Sporting gender : the history, science, and stories of transgender and intersex athletes / Joanna Harper ; foreword by David Epstein.

Publisher

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-314) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 20-5519