ISBN:
0415259568
,
0415259576
,
9780415259569
,
9780415259576
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 163 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Ethics and sport
Parallel Title:
Print version Sport and Gender Identities : Masculinities, Femininities and Sexualities
DDC:
306.483
Keywords:
Sports Moral and ethical aspects
;
Sex discrimination in sports
;
Sex
;
Violence in sports
;
Sports Sociological aspects
Abstract:
A collection of essays drawing together perspectives from a number of disciplines across philosophy, sociology, gender studies and more, to explore ethical questions raised by issues of gender and sexuality in sport
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Gender, sport and identity: Introducing discourses of masculinities, femininities and sexualities; Part I: Representing masculinities in sport; Chapter 2: Mediating masculinities: The production of media representations in sport; Chapter 3: Watching the game: Theorising masculinities in the context of mediated tennis; Part II: Transgressing femininities in sport; Chapter 4: The contested terrain of the Women's National Basketball Association arena; Chapter 5: Triathlon as a space for women's technologies of the self
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 6: Gender in sport management: A contemporary picture and alternative futuresPart III: Performing sexualities in sport; Chapter 7: Gender, sexuality and queer theory in sport; Chapter 8: 'Queers, even in netball?': Interpretations of the lesbian label among sportswomen; Chapter 9: Driving down participation: Homophobic bullying as a deterrent to doing sport; Chapter 10: Challenging homophobia and heterosexism in sport: The promise of the Gay Games; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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