1st Edition
Skateboarding and Femininity Gender, Space-making and Expressive Movement
By Dani Abulhawa
Copyright 2020
126 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
126 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
126 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Skateboarding and Femininity explores and highlights the value of femininity both within skateboarding and wider culture. This book examines skateboarding’s relationship to gender politics through a consideration of the personal politics connected to individual skateboarders, the social-spatial arenas in which skateboarding takes place, and by understanding the performance of tricks and symbolic... Read more
Introduction: Getting connected to who you are
1. Girls and Women Holding and Creating Space in Skateboarding
2. Skateboarding and Feminism
3. Skateboarding physical culture
4. ‘Skateboard Philanthropy’: A somatic practice perspective
Conclusion: Skateboarding’s participation in the world beyond itself
Biography
Dani Abulhawa is a Lecturer in Contemporary Applied Performance, University of Leeds.
