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Roller Derby

Author : Michella M. Marino
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781477323847

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Roller Derby by Michella M. Marino Pdf

Since 1935, roller derby has thrilled fans and skaters with its constant action, hard hits, and edgy attitude. However, though its participants’ athleticism is undeniable, roller derby has never been accepted as a “real” sport. Michella M. Marino, herself a former skater, tackles the history of a sport that has long been a cultural mainstay for one reason both utterly simple and infinitely complex: roller derby has always been coed. Richly illustrated and drawing on oral histories, archival materials, media coverage, and personal experiences, Roller Derby is the first comprehensive history of this cultural phenomenon, one enjoyed by millions yet spurned by mainstream gatekeepers. Amid the social constraints of the mid-twentieth century, roller derby’s emphasis on gender equality attracted male and female athletes alike, producing gender relations and gender politics unlike those of traditional sex-segregated sports. In an enlightening feminist critique, Marino considers how the promotion of pregnancy and motherhood by roller derby management has simultaneously challenged and conformed to social norms. Finally, Marino assesses the sport’s present and future after its resurgence in the 2000s.

Sport, Gender and Power

Author : Dr Simone Fullagar,Ms Adele Pavlidis
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781472417732

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Sport, Gender and Power by Dr Simone Fullagar,Ms Adele Pavlidis Pdf

As a new breed of lifestyle sport enthusiasts ‘derby grrrls’ are pushing the boundaries of gender as they negotiate the nexus of pleasure, pain and power relations. Offering a socio-cultural analysis of the rise and reinvention of roller derby as both a new, globalized women’s sport and an everyday creative leisure space, this book explores the manner in which roller derby has emerged as a gendered space for self-transformation, belonging and embodied contest, in which women are invited to experience their emotions differently, embrace pain and overcome limits. Sport, Gender and Power: The Rise of Roller Derby presents detailed interview, ethnographic and autoethnographic material, together with a range of media texts to shed new light on the complex relationships of power experienced by women in derby as a sport culture, whilst also examining the darker relationships that characterise the sport, including those of inclusion and exclusion, difference and identity, and competition and participation. A contemporary feminist study of empowerment, sexual difference, gender and affect, this book will appeal to scholars of gender and sexuality, embodiment, feminist thought and the sociology of sport and leisure.

Roller Derby / Girl Gang

Author : Jamie Kendall
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0764359096

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Roller Derby / Girl Gang by Jamie Kendall Pdf

"In this book, many of the depictions of what a girl gang is are not the most admirable. They are often belligerent, rude, violent, and lewd. But it sure does make for great art and entertainment. However, if you can overlook the vices of the girl gang, you'll find their best aspects to be those shared with a roller derby team: a devil-may-care sense of fun, unassailable confidence, and a formidable sense of camaraderie." This explosive collection features more than 400 roller derby and girl gang-inspired artworks from 52 of today's most kick-ass artists from around the world. With posters, logos, fan art, pinups, and more, Roller Derby / Girl Gang serves as a scrapbook of rough-and-tumble, fun-loving girls banding together to take on the world. Includes a playlist of favorite bad-girl anthems curated by the artists, lists of their all-time favorite girl gangs, and a foreword by Samara Pepperell, a.k.a. Lady Trample.

Flat Track Fashion

Author : Ellen Parnavelas
Publisher : A&C Black Visual Arts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Design
ISBN : 140815501X

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Flat Track Fashion by Ellen Parnavelas Pdf

Roller derby is now the fastest growing sport in the world. The revival of this fast-paced female-dominated sport has seen over 1,000 leagues established internationally since it began in 2001. Roller derby is a tough, sexy and stylish contact sport that is taking the world by storm. How many other sports can you name that feature players decked out in fishnet tights and miniskirts, gold hotpants and warpaint, as well as a showcase of tattoos? Flat Track Fashion is the very first book that features stunning fashion photographs documenting the visual feast of feisty fashions from leagues all over the world and captures the spirit and style of the roller derby revival. Complete with foreword by veteran skater Virginia 'Cheap Trixie' Evans of the Texas Rollergirls, this book includes everything from the history and origin of the sport to uniforms and logos, personal styles and fashions from leagues around the world, protective gear and skates to menswear, referees, make up and tattoos. Flat Track Fashion is an exceptional publication, perfectly timed to capture the revival of the world's hottest sport.

The Derby Daredevils: Kenzie Kickstarts a Team

Author : Kit Rosewater,Sophie Escabasse
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781683358022

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The Derby Daredevils: Kenzie Kickstarts a Team by Kit Rosewater,Sophie Escabasse Pdf

A highly illustrated middle-grade series that celebrates new friendships, first crushes, and getting out of your comfort zone—now in paperback Ever since they can remember, fifth graders Kenzie (aka Kenzilla) and Shelly (aka Bomb Shell) have dreamed of becoming roller derby superstars. When Austin’s city league introduces a brand-new junior league, the dynamic duo celebrates! But they’ll need to try out as a five-person team. Kenzie and Shelly have just one week to convince three other girls that roller derby is the coolest thing on wheels. But Kenzie starts to have second thoughts when Shelly starts acting like everyone’s best friend . . . Isn’t she supposed to be Kenzie’s best friend? And things get really awkward when Shelly recruits Kenzie’s neighbor (and secret crush!) for the team. With lots of humor and an authentic middle-grade voice, book one of this illustrated series follows Kenzie, Shelly, and the rest of the Derby Daredevils as they learn how to fall—and get back up again.

Knockdown Knits

Author : Toni Carr
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-13
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780470388655

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Knockdown Knits by Toni Carr Pdf

Knit neat items inspired by sassy roller derby girls with the thirty hip knitting patterns that you will find in Knockdown Knits: 30 Projects from the Roller Derby Track. Roller derby, with its cheeky players, fast-paced jams, heart-stopping pileups, and rowdy, raucous atmosphere, is just as hot as the designs in this unconventional book. The Naptown Roller Girls of Indianapolis, Indiana, share the patterns they use when they’re knitting in the off-time. On skates, they're hell on wheels; in their spare time, they've discovered that knitting is a relaxing, creative outlet.

Roller Derby

Author : Michaela Marino
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781477323823

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Roller Derby by Michaela Marino Pdf

Since 1935, roller derby has thrilled fans and skaters with its constant action, hard hits, and edgy attitude. However, though its participants’ athleticism is undeniable, roller derby has never been accepted as a “real” sport. Michella M. Marino, herself a former skater, tackles the history of a sport that has long been a cultural mainstay for one reason both utterly simple and infinitely complex: roller derby has always been coed. Richly illustrated and drawing on oral histories, archival materials, media coverage, and personal experiences, Roller Derby is the first comprehensive history of this cultural phenomenon, one enjoyed by millions yet spurned by mainstream gatekeepers. Amid the social constraints of the mid-twentieth century, roller derby’s emphasis on gender equality attracted male and female athletes alike, producing gender relations and gender politics unlike those of traditional sex-segregated sports. In an enlightening feminist critique, Marino considers how the promotion of pregnancy and motherhood by roller derby management has simultaneously challenged and conformed to social norms. Finally, Marino assesses the sport’s present and future after its resurgence in the 2000s.

The Roller Derby Athlete

Author : Ellen Parnavelas
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781408182598

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The Roller Derby Athlete by Ellen Parnavelas Pdf

A complete introduction to the exciting world of roller derby including how to play the game, strategy, training, fitness and nutrition. Roller derby is a unique, fast-paced, female-dominated sport that is taking the world by storm. It originated in the USA in the 1930s but it is the revival that began in 2001 that has inspired this new book. Roller derby has become one of the world's fastest-growing new sports and there are now more than 1000 leagues worldwide - in the USA, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Latin America and Asia - with new adherents coming to the sport all the time. As the popularity of roller derby has grown, the demand for information about the sport and how to play it has grown too. As leagues become more experienced, and players more advance, tactics and game play have grown in sophistication. There are many online forums and social networking sites devoted to training, tactics, fitness and nutrition, but up till now, no single source which gathered all the information together. Chapters include: - An introduction to the game, its history and rules - How to play the game - strategy and tactics - Fitness requirements - strength, endurance, and plyometric exercises for balance - Training - practical training programmes both on and off skates - Nutrition - what to eat before and after training, meal suggestions and supplement - The female athlete - specific training advice for women - Profiles of well-known roller derby players who share their top tips in all the above categories The introduction has been written by Suzy Hotrod, one of roller derby's most renowned players and there is plentiful advice from many of the sports leading players.

Roller Derby

Author : Demi Jackson
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781482430004

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Roller Derby by Demi Jackson Pdf

Roller derby is an extreme sport making a comeback! With a history that dates back to the 1930s, in the last decade, roller derby teams have grown in number and popularity. Readers take a turn around the track and discover that, from hard hits to fast breaks, the action in roller derby is nonstop. Full-color photographs highlight the mostly female teams who dominate the sport and the theatrical quality of each jam, or matchup. Safety tips offer help to new skaters, as this sport can get aggressive fast.

Seriousness and Women's Roller Derby

Author : Maddie Breeze
Publisher : Springer
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781137504852

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Seriousness and Women's Roller Derby by Maddie Breeze Pdf

This book explores seriousness in practice in the unique sports context of contemporary women's flat track roller derby. The author presents a stimulating argument for a sociology of seriousness as a productive contribution to understandings of gender, organization and the mid-ranges of agency between dichotomies of voluntarism and determinism.

Identity, Belonging, and Community in Men’s Roller Derby

Author : Dawn Fletcher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000063400

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Identity, Belonging, and Community in Men’s Roller Derby by Dawn Fletcher Pdf

Modern roller derby has been theorised as a gendered leisure context, offering women opportunities for empowerment and growth, and enabling them to carve a space for themselves in sport. No longer a women-only sport, roller derby is now played by all genders and has been heralded as a model of inclusivity within sport. Identity, Belonging, and Community in Men’s Roller Derby offers an insight into how men’s roller derby culture is created and maintained, how members forge an identity for themselves and their team, and how they create feelings of belonging and inclusivity. Through in-depth ethnographic study of a specific, localised roller derby community, this book examines how practices of skills capital intersect with different configurations of masculinity in a continual struggle between traditional and inclusive models of sport. An interrogation of the ways a DIY sport can be seen to be achieved, experienced, and understood in everyday practice, this book will appeal to scholars of men, masculinities, and sport. Additionally, the methodological discussions will be of value to ethnographers and researchers who have had to deal with a disruptive presence.

The Last "True" Roller Derby

Author : Larry Smith
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781491780169

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The Last "True" Roller Derby by Larry Smith Pdf

Larry Smith got some strange looks as a boy when he told everyone he wanted to join the Roller Derby, but he’d go on to have the time of his life living out his dream. As a member of the International Roller Derby League, he engaged in a style of play that gave the fans what they wanted: fights, hard skating, and great athletic ability combined with a fast-paced game. As a member of Roller Derby, he and his teammates welcomed minorities in the 1960s when racial tension was at its peak. Whites and blacks skated together, roomed together, and stuck together like brothers and sisters. Smith and his teammates sold out everywhere they played: Madison Square Garden, the Chicago Coliseum, San Francisco’s Cow Palace, White Sox Park, the Montreal Forum, and hundreds of smaller venues. While the quality of the game ultimately declined, Smith was there for its glory years, and he remembers it all as if it were yesterday. He looks back on his many adventures—some of them almost unbelievable—in The Last “True” Roller Derby.

Rainbow at Midnight

Author : George Lipsitz
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0252063945

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Rainbow at Midnight by George Lipsitz Pdf

Rainbow at Midnight details the origins and evolution of working-class strategies for independence during and after World War II. Arguing that the 1940s may well have been the most revolutionary decade in U.S. history, George Lipsitz combines popular culture, politics, economics, and history to show how war mobilization transformed the working class and how that transformation brought issues of race, gender, and democracy to the forefront of American political culture. This book is a substantially revised and expanded work developed from the author's heralded 1981 Class and Culture in Cold War America.

Roller Derby

Author : Martha London
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781532176272

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Roller Derby by Martha London Pdf

This title introduces young sports fans to roller derby, introducing the sport's history, rules, equipment, and why more and more athletes love playing it. The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Hawai'i Sports

Author : Dan Cisco
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0824821211

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Hawai'i Sports by Dan Cisco Pdf

Traces the history of Hawaiian sports and lists local records