1st Edition
Sport and Gender Identities Masculinities, Femininities and Sexualities
This important new book brings together gender studies and sexuality studies to provide original and critical insights into processes of identity formation in a wide range of sport-related contexts. The authors draw on contemporary debates concerning gender and identity from a range of disciplines including sociology, social and cultural geography, media studies and management studies, to address key issues in masculinity, femininity and sexuality:
- Part 1: Representing masculinities in sport analyses media representations of men’s sports, exploring the variety and complexity of concepts of masculinity.
- Part 2: Transgressing femininities in sport makes use of case studies to examine the experiences of women in male-dominated sporting arenas.
- Part 3: Performing sexualities in sport analyses the role of queer theory in sport studies, explores experiences of and responses to homophobia in sport, and examines the significance of the Gay Games.
This book will be of particular interest to students and academics working in sport studies, leisure studies, gender studies, queer and sexuality studies, social and cultural geography, and sociology.
1 Introduction Cara Aitchison
Part One: Representing masculinities in sport
2 Watching the game: theorising masculinity in the context of media sport Dr Eileen Kennedy, University of Roehampton, UK
3 Mediating masculinities: the production of media representation in sport Professor Garry Whannel, University of Luton, UK
4 From rugby playing to skate boarding: alternate forms of masculinity Dr Lynda Johnston, Dr Robyn Longhurst and Dr Amanda Banks
Part Two: The ‘feminisation’ of male sports arenas
5 Women in sport management: the current state of play and visions of the future Dr Sally Shaw, University of Otago, New Zealand
6 The contested spaces of women’s basketball Tiffany Muller, University of Minnesota, USA
7 Women in triathlon: technologies of the gendered self Dr Amanda Jones, De Montfort University, UK
8 Women in cricket: contesting male sports arenas Dr Kate Russell, University of Gloucestershire, UK
Part Three: The performance of sexuality in sporting spaces
9 All queers together? Understanding and responding to homophobic bullying in sport Professor Celia Brackenridge
10 Challenging homophobia and heterosexism in sport: the promise of the Gay Games Caroline Symons, Victoria University, Australia
11 Gender, sexuality and queer theory in sport Dr Beth Kivel and Dr Corey Johnson, both at California State University, Sacramento, USA
12 Conclusion Cara Aitchison
Biography
Cara Carmichael Aitchison
