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Women in Action Sport Cultures: Identity, Politics and Experience
Holly Thorpe (Ed.)
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Description for Women in Action Sport Cultures: Identity, Politics and Experience
Hardback. Editor(s): Thorpe, Holly; Olive, Rebecca. Series: Global Culture and Sport Series. Num Pages: 387 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ1; JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 672.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Global Culture and Sport Series
Number of Pages
387
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137457967
SKU
V9781137457967
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Holly Thorpe (Ed.)
Holly Thorpe and Rebecca Olive work in Te Oranga School of Human Development and Movement Studies at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Both have published widely on topics including sociology of sport, cultural studies, feminist theory and methodologies, youth culture, gender and action sports.
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