Sex Integration In Sport And Physical Culture

Author : Alex Channon,Katherine Dashper,Thomas Fletcher,Robert J. Lake
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351856799

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Scholars working in the academic field of sport studies have long debated the relationship between sport and gender. Modern sport forms, along with many related activities, have been shown to have historically supported ideals of male superiority, by largely excluding women and/or celebrating only men’s athletic achievements. While the growth of women’s sport throughout the 20th and 21st centuries has extinguished the notion of female frailty, revealing that women can embody athletic qualities previously thought exclusive to men, the continuation of sex segregation in many settings has left something of a discursive ‘back door’ through which ideals of male athletic superiority can escape unscathed, retaining their influence over wider cultural belief systems. However, sex-integrated sport potentially offers a radical departure from such beliefs, as it challenges us to reject assumptions of male superiority, entertaining very different visions of sex difference and gender relations to those typically constructed through traditional models of physical culture. This comprehensive collection offers a diverse range of international case studies that reaffirm the contemporary relevance of sex integration debates, and also articulate the possibility of sport acting as a legitimate space for political struggle, resistance and change. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Author : Alex Channon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1075712460

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Sex Integration in Sport and Physical Culture by Alex Channon Pdf

Author : Győző Molnár,Rachael Bullingham
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-29
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000600445

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The Routledge Handbook of Gender Politics in Sport and Physical Activity by Győző Molnár,Rachael Bullingham Pdf

This progressive and broad-ranging handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the complex intersections between politics, gender, sport and physical activity, shining new light on the significance of gender, sport and physical activity in wider society. Featuring contributions from leading and emerging researchers from around the world, the book makes the case that gender studies and critical thinking around gender are of particular importance in an era of increasingly intolerant populist politics. It examines important long-term as well as emerging themes, such as recent generational shifts in attitudes to gender identity in sport and the socio-cultural expectations on men and women that have traditionally influenced and often disrupted their engagement with sport and physical activity, and explores a wide range of current issues in contemporary sport, from debates around the contested gender binary and sex verification, to the role of the media and social media, and the significance of gender in sport leadership, policy and decision-making. This book is an authoritative survey of the current state of play in research connecting gender, sport, physical activity and politics, and is an important contribution to both sport studies and gender studies. It is fascinating reading for any student, researcher, policy-maker or professional with an interest in sport, physical activity, social studies, public health or political science.

Author : Natalie Barker-Ruchti,Karin Grahn,Eva-Carin Lindgren
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781351728546

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Gender in Physical Culture by Natalie Barker-Ruchti,Karin Grahn,Eva-Carin Lindgren Pdf

This volume outlines existing research relating to gender in physical culture. The introductory chapter employs Lamont and Molnàr’s (2002) idea of ‘boundaries’ as visible and invisible socially constructed borders that create social differences, as the theoretical framework for the book. Seven empirically-driven case studies follow which, on the one hand, demonstrate how boundary ‘work’ has taken and is taking place at the level of media, institutions, communities and individuals; and on the other hand, show how individuals, groups of individuals and organisations challenge and change dominant gender discourses and practices. The wide variety of rich case materials reveal how gender ideals not only normalize, but are actively and purposefully negotiated and transformed to create individualised and inclusive physical culture contexts. The final chapter explores how the book builds on and extends existing gender and physical culture research. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Sport in Society.

Author : Kate Themen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781040027400

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Women's Football, Culture, and Identity by Kate Themen Pdf

This book examines the experiences of amateur players in women’s football, challenging conventional discourses that centre male, masculine, and heterosexual identities and offering a new narrative that re-positions women’s voices. Based on original empirical research, including extended interviews with female players, the book outlines current debates in women’s football around gender, identity, and intersectionality. It explores football as a space of contestation, examining the creative ways in which women have negotiated opportunities to play football and the friendships and sociality that emerge from playing the game. The book examines resistance to historically bound cultural norms that privileges men’s participation, reflecting on mixed-sex football, femininity, embodiment, physical capital, and authenticity, and considers how this deeper understanding of football cultures might help in the future development of the women’s game. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in football, women’s sport, the sociology of sport, or gender studies.

Author : Stefan Lawrence,Joanne Hill,Rasul Mowatt
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040019856

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Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure, and Social Justice by Stefan Lawrence,Joanne Hill,Rasul Mowatt Pdf

This is the first book to explore in breadth and in depth the complex intersections between sport, leisure, and social justice. This book examines the relations of power that produce social inequalities and considers how sport and leisure spaces can perpetuate those relations, or act as sites of resistance, and makes a powerful call for an activist scholarship in sport and leisure studies. Presenting original theoretical and empirical work by leading international researchers and practitioners in sport and leisure, this book addresses the central social issues that lie at the heart of critical social science – including racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, religious persecution, socio-economic deprivation, and the climate crisis – and asks how these issues are expressed or mediated in the context of sport and leisure practices. Covering an incredibly diverse range of topics and cases – including sex testing in sport; sport for refugees; pedagogical practices in physical education; community sport development; events and human rights; and athlete activism – this book also surveys the history of sport and social justice research, as well as outlining theoretical and methodological foundations for this field of enquiry. The Routledge Handbook of Sport, Leisure and Social Justice is an indispensable resource for any advanced student, researcher, policymaker, practitioner, or activist with an interest in the sociology, culture, politics, history, development, governance, media and marketing, and business and management of sport and leisure.

Author : Michele K. Donnelly
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000827774

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Gender Equality and the Olympic Programme by Michele K. Donnelly Pdf

This innovative study examines the Olympic programme from a critical feminist perspective, to shed new light on the issues of gender and inclusion at the Olympic Games and in the Olympic Movement. Incorporating both quantitative and qualitative data, the book identifies and analyzes the changes – and remaining gender differences – made on the Olympic Programmes for London 2012, and each of the subsequent Summer and Winter Olympic Games (Sochi 2014, Rio 2016, and Pyeongchang 2018), as well as the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Games. The book draws on the IOC’s own publications, information from International and National Sport Federations, and media sources to describe and explain the IOC’s slow and uneven progress toward gender equality at the Olympic Games. This is important reading for any student, researcher, practitioner or policy maker with an interest in the Olympic Games, sport studies, gender studies, women’s sport or major events.

Author : Katherine Dashper
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781839829369

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Sport, Gender and Mega-Events by Katherine Dashper Pdf

This volume unpicks mega-events as gendered entities and showcases how they both position athletes in relation to one of two binary sex positions and also push the boundaries of what we see and accept as a recognisably gendered male or female body.

Author : Lucas Gottzén,Ulf Mellström,Tamara Shefer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351676281

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Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies by Lucas Gottzén,Ulf Mellström,Tamara Shefer Pdf

The Routledge International Handbook of Masculinity Studies provides a contemporary critical and scholarly overview of theorizing and research on masculinities as well as emerging ideas and areas of study that are likely to shape research and understanding of gender and men in the future. The forty-eight chapters of the handbook take an interdisciplinary approach to a range of topics on men and masculinities related to identity, sex, sexuality, culture, aesthetics, technology and pressing social issues. The handbook’s transnational lens acknowledges both the localities and global character of masculinity. A clear message in the book is the need for intersectional theorizing in dialogue with feminist, queer and sexuality studies in making sense of men and masculinities. Written in a clear and direct style, the handbook will appeal to students, teachers and researchers in the social sciences and humanities, as well as professionals, practitioners and activists.

Author : Tom Gibbons,Dominic Malcolm
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781317310570

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Sport and English National Identity in a ‘Disunited Kingdom’ by Tom Gibbons,Dominic Malcolm Pdf

Given sport’s centrality in English society, what role does it play in symbolising contemporary English national identity? This comprehensive study explores the complex set of relationships between sport and what it means to be English in the twenty-first century. The bond between sport and nationalism has long been recognised, but with increasingly vociferous separatist nationalisms threatening the dismantling of the United Kingdom, a closer analysis is timely. Part one addresses key debates regarding English national identity within the specific sporting contexts of association football, cricket, tennis, cycling and rugby. Part two discusses the complex relationship between religion, sport and English national identity as well as the attitudes and experiences of traditionally marginalized groups, including women, minority ethnic groups and disabled people. Part three considers the perspectives of the other UK nations on the link between sport and English national identity. Sport and English National Identity in a 'Disunited Kingdom' is fascinating reading for all those with an interest in the sociology, politics and history of sport, and the study of nations, nationalism and national identity.

Author : Eero Laine,Broderick Chow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000429053

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Sports Plays by Eero Laine,Broderick Chow Pdf

Sports Plays is a volume about sports in the theatre and what it means to stage sports. The chapters in this volume examine sports plays through a range of critical and theoretical approaches that highlight central concerns and questions both for sports and for theatre. The plays cut across boundaries and genres, from Broadway-style musicals to dramas to experimental and developmental work. The chapters examine and trouble the conventions of staging sports as they open possibilities for considering larger social and cultural issues and debates. This broad range of perspectives make the volume a compelling resource for students and scholars of sport, theatre, and performance studies whose interests span feminism, sexuality, politics, and race.

Author : Heather Reid
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781538156216

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Introduction to the Philosophy of Sport by Heather Reid Pdf

This comprehensive text examines the history, significance, and philosophical dimensions of sport. Introduction to the Philosophy of Sport, second edition, is organized to reflect the traditional division of philosophy into metaphysical, ethical, epistemological and political issues, while incorporating specific concerns of today’s athletic world, such as technology, violence, and professionalism. The second edition features expanded sections on social categories (including race, gender, and disability), sport in schools, and collegiate sports. Each chapter includes discussion questions, and the book features a comprehensive glossary.

Author : Jonathan Long,Thomas Fletcher,Beccy Watson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317336839

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Sport, Leisure and Social Justice by Jonathan Long,Thomas Fletcher,Beccy Watson Pdf

Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure contexts. However, sport and leisure can be sites of resistance as well as oppression; they can be repressive or promote positive social change. This challenging and important book brings together contemporary cases examining different dimensions of inequality in sport and leisure, ranging from race and ethnicity to gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion and class. Presenting research-based strategies in support of social justice, this book places the experiences of disadvantaged communities centre stage. It addresses issues affecting participation, inclusion and engagement in sport, while discussing the challenges faced by specific groups such as Muslim women and LGBT young people. Including original theoretical and methodological insights, it argues that the experiences of these marginalised groups can shed a light on the political struggles taking place over the significance of sport and leisure in society today. Sport, Leisure and Social Justice is fascinating reading for students and academics with an interest in sport and politics, sport and social problems, gender studies, race and ethnicity studies, or the sociology of sport.

Author : Emily A. Roper
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789462094550

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Gender Relations in Sport by Emily A. Roper Pdf

Designed primarily as a textbook for upper division undergraduate courses in gender and sport, gender issues, sport sociology, cultural sport studies, and women’s studies, Gender Relations in Sport provides a comprehensive examination of the intersecting themes and concepts surrounding the study of gender and sport. The 16 contributors, leading scholars from sport studies, present key issues, current research perspectives and theoretical developments within nine sub-areas of gender and sport: • Gender and sport participation • Theories of gender and sport • Gender and sport media • Sexual identity and sport • Intersections of race, ethnicity and gender in sport • Framing Title IX policy using conceptual metaphors • Studying the athletic body • Sexual harassment and abuse in sport • Historical developments and current issues from a European perspective The intersecting themes and concepts across chapters are also accentuated. Such a publication provides access to the study of gender relations in sport to students across a variety of disciplines. Emily A. Roper, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Sam Houston State University. Her research focuses on gender, sexuality, and sport.

Author : President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Government publications
ISBN : PURD:32754067564595

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President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Report by President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.) Pdf