1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Gender Politics in Sport and Physical Activity

382 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

382 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

382 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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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... Read more

1. Connecting Gender, Politics, Sport and Physical Activity: An Introduction

Győző Molnár and Rachael Bullingham

Part I: Gendered History

2. Gender Equality, Sport Media and the Olympics, 1984-2018: An Overview

Aneta Grabmüllerova and Hans Erik Næss

3. Sex Verification and Protected Categories in Sport: Binary or Bust?

Pam R. Sailors and Charlene Weaving

4. The Politics of Positions of Sport Leadership: The Subtexts of Women’s Exclusion

Annelies Knoppers and Ramon Spaaij

5. Gendered Transformations: Conflict and Resistance in the Regulation of Female Athlete Eligibility in International Sport

Ekain Zubizarreta and Madeleine Pape

6. Analysis of Government Policy Relating to Women’s Sport

Julia White and Jean McArdle

7. Gender and Strength: Representation in Strength and Conditioning

Yvette L. Figueroa and Emily A. Roper

Part II: Gender Binary Troubles

8. Patriarchy and its Discontents

Eric Anderson

9. Atrophying Masculinity within Professional Road Cycling: Contesting ‘the male’ through a (Re)scripting of the Anti-Male

James J. Brittain

10. Rainbow Dancing and the Challenge of Transgender Inclusion in Finland

Anna Kavoura and SanTra Rinne

11. The Politics of Minority Ethnic Women’s Leisure Time and Physical Activity in Denmark

Adam B. Evans, Sine Agergaard and Verena Lenneis

12. Patriarchal Politics of Women Footballers in Australia: Changing the Narrative from Welfare to Women Saving Men’s Football

Michael Burke, Matthew Klugman and Kate O’Halloran

13. A Gendered Focused Review of Sports Diplomacy

Verity Postlethwaite, Claire Jenkin and Emma Sherry

14. Gender Politics in British University Sport: Exploring Contemporary Perceptions of Femininity and Masculinity

Amelia Laffey and Stuart Whigham

15. The Gender Politics of Sex Integrated Sport: The Case of Professional Golf

Ali Bowes

16. Reclaiming Women’s Voice in Masculine Competitive Sports Cultures: Playing to Win?

Adi Mohel

17. Towards Equality in Women’s Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity: Complexities and Contradictions

Claire-Marie Roberts

Part III: Intersecting Gender

18. Postcoloniality, Gender and Sport: A Snapshot of the Literature and Insights from Fiji

Yoko Kanemasu and Atele Dutt

19. From Disability to “Adaptivity”: Bethany Hamilton in Sean McNamara’s Soul Surfer (2011)

Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad

20. Women’s Parasport Experiences of Sacrifice, Conflict, and Control: Always Tilting

Nancy Spencer, Eri Yamamoto and Bobbi-Jo Atchison

21. Muslim Women and Sport: Obstacles and Perspectives in Socio-Political Contexts

Fabrizio Ciocca

22. The Politics of Passing for Trans and Non-Binary People in Physical Activity in the UK: “Yeah, Congratulations! You Look like a Cis Person, Well Done!”

Abby Barras

Part IV: Gender, Politics, Sport and Physical Activity Case Studies

23. Gender Politics of Social Media: A Case Study of Megan Rapinoe

Connor MacDonald and Jamie Cleland

24. Gender and the Politics of Patriarchy in Zimbabwean Football Administration

Tafadzwa Choto and Manase Kudzai Chiweshe

25. Women in Golf: Policy and Progress

Niamh Kitching

26. Narratives of Women Surfers: Rethinking Pre-constructed Gender Bias

Aimee Vlachos and Nuria Alonso Garcia

27. Fitness Practitioners’ Overcoming of Self-objectification: The Problem with ‘Legs, Bums and Tums’

Hannah Kate Lewis