Families, Sport, Leisure and Social Justice From Protest to Progress

Part I: Theoretical and Disciplinary Perspectives

1          Introducing Family Research through a Social Justice Lens: From Protest to Progress

            Dawn E. Trussell and Ruth Jeanes

2          Constructing ‘Family’: Leisure as a Context for ‘Doing’ and ‘Displaying’ Family

            Charlene S. Shannon

3          Critical Reflections on Sport and the Family

            Ruth Jeanes, Dawn E. Trussell and Ramón Spaaij

Part II: Gender Justice and Everyday Activism

4          Carrying the Mental Load: Examining Implications for Families, Women’s Leisure, and Gender Justice

            Janet K.L. Mckeown

5          Negotiating Sibling Relationships in Girls’ and Women’s Football in England

            Hanya Pielichaty

6          The Role of the Primary Caregiver with Girls’ Participation in Sport and Leisure in Socially Vulnerable Communities in Columbia

            Sarah Oxford

7          Power Dynamics and Family Structures in the Middle East: Examining Women’s Participation in Sports

            Basant Mohamed

Part III: Intergenerational Considerations and Diverse Family Forms

8          Negotiating the Ideology of Intensive Grandparenthood in Family Leisure

            Shannon Hebblethwaite

9          Examining the Role and Significance of Parental Support on Children’s Uptake of Sport

            Thomas Fletcher

10        Connecting through Family Tourism and Social Inclusion: At the Heart of Society

            Heike Schänzel

11        The Sport and Physical Activity Practices of Care-experienced Young People: Standing Out and Fitting In

            Thomas Quarmby and Rachel Sandford

12        Conceptualizing Family and Leisure in LGBTQ Ageing

            Austin G. Oswald and Nancy Giunta

13        Low-Income Families and Community Leisure and Sport Provisions

            Jackie Oncescu

14        Unequal Distribution of World Wide Web and its Impact on Family Opportunities

            Iryna Sharaievska

Part IV: Moving Forward

15        Critical Reflections and the Ways Forward for Family-Centred Social Justice and Equity Research

            Ruth Jeanes and Dawn E. Trussell

Biography

Dawn E. Trussell is Associate Professor in the Department of Sport Management at Brock University, Canada. Broadly defined, her research interests focus on sport and leisure culture in the lives of individuals, families, and communities. Her work has a social justice orientation and is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Sport Canada’s Research Initiative. She is the President of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies and serves on the Canadian Gender+ Equity in Sport Research Hub, Scientific Committee.

Ruth Jeanes is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia. Ruth’s research examines the use of sport as a social policy tool to address disadvantage and inequity within marginalised communities. She has published widely in this area and her recent research, examining the role of informal sport in supporting health and social benefits amongst diverse young people has been funded by the Australian Research Council. Ruth was President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Leisure Studies from 2017 to 2020.

"This edited collection is a welcome addition to the growing literature on sport and social justice. Perhaps most important, it re-centers the conversation on families, which opens novel avenues for research about gender, aging, class, social inclusion, and generational relations … This quality resource presents excellent essays that form a cohesive whole. Scholars of the sociology of sport and practitioners will find value in this collection. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals." - C R King, Columbia College Chicago, CHOICE