Women in Action Sport Cultures : Identity, Politics and Experience

by R. Olive

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Women in Action Sport Cultures : Identity, Politics and Experience, Hardcover by Thorpe, Holly (EDT); Olive, Rebecca (EDT), ISBN 1137457961, ISBN-13 9781137457967, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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, th 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. Th will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of sociology of sport and

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan The Limited
• Year: 2016
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781137457967
• Condition: Fine

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