Artistic impressions : figure skating, masculinity, and the limits of sport / Mary Louise Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Mary Louise, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Figure skating--History.

Figure skating.

Figure skating--Social aspects.

Masculinity in sports.

Effeminacy in sports.

Social aspects.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2011]

Summary:

The author acknowledges that this study has roots in a paper she wrote roughly 20 years ago and states that "...what started as a fairly straightforward analysis of contemporary men's skating evolved into a broad historical project that spanned more than two centuries and several national contexts." Adams (kinesiology, health studies, sociology, Queen's U., Canada) examines how the sport transformed from a men's sport (which it was until the late 1800s) into a sport identified as feminine. Supporting the text is a section of b&w photos of male skating stars, including the current Canadian national champion, Patrick Chan, who, according to the author is "fortunate to be skating in an era when men's skating seems to be less constrained by gender stereotypes than it was in the 1990s." Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Introduction 3

2 Tough Guys? Figure Skating's Macho Moment 28

3 Girls' Sport? 45

4 Manliness and Grace: Skating as a Gentleman's Art 81

5 Women Start Skating, Skaters Form Clubs, Their Art Becomes Sport 105

6 'They Left the Men Nowhere': The Feminization of Skating 134

7 Artistic Sport or Athletic Art? Class and Gender and Shifting Definitions of Skating 161

8 Sequins, Soundtracks, and Spirals: Producing Gender Difference on the Ice 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-283) and index.

ISBN:

9781442643185

1442643188

9781442611719

1442611715

OCLC:

670476488