Philosophical perspectives on gender in sport and physical activity / edited by Paul Davis and Charlene Weaving.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davis, Paul.

Weaving, Charlene

Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex discrimination in sports--Philosophy.

Sex discrimination in sports.

Sports for women.

Sports for women--Philosophy.

Sports for women--Social aspects.

Sports for women--Cross-cultural studies.

Gender identity.

Philosophy.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

x, 207 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.

Summary:

There are a broad variety of sex and gender resonances in sport, from the clash of traditional ideas of femininity and athleticism represented by female athletes, to the culture of homophobia in mainstream male sport. Despite the many sociological and cultural volumes addressing these subjects, this collection is the first to focus on the philosophical writings that they have inspired. The editors have selected twelve of the most thought-provoking philosophical articles on these subjects from the past 30 years, to create a valuable and much needed resource.

Written by established experts from all over the world, the essays in this collection cover lour major themes:

Sport and the construction of the female

Objectification and the sexualisation of sport

Homophobia

Sex boundaries: construction, naturalisation and opposition

The book gathers a broad range of philosophical viewpoints on gender in sport into one unique source, subjecting the philosophical origins and characteristics of some of the most controversial topics in sport to rigorous scrutiny. With a balance of male and female contributors from both sides of the Atlantic, and a comprehensive introduction and postscript to contextualise the source material, Philosophical Perspectives on Gender in Sport and Physical Activity is essential reading for all students of the philosophy of sport, sport and gender, and feminist philosophy.

Contents:

The exclusion of women from sport : conceptual and existential dimensions / Iris Marion Young

Woman as body : ancient and contemporary views / Elizabeth V. Spelman

On the definition of "woman" in the sport context / Angela J. Schneider

Sexualization and sexuality in sport / Paul Davis

Mere and partial means : the full range of the objectification of women / Carolyn McLeod

Unraveling the ideological concept of the female athlete : a connection between sex and sport / Charlene Weaving

Men with breasts / Ken Saltman

The doping ban : compulsory heterosexuality and lesbophobia / Rebecca Ann Lock

Could a "woman" win a gold medal in the "men's" one hundred metres? : female sport, drugs, and the transgressive cyborg body / Michael Burke

From the "muscle moll" to the "butch" ballplayer : mannishness, lesbianism, and homophobia in U.S. women's sports / Susan K. Cahn

Outta my endzone ; sport and the territorial anus / Brian Pronger

Openly gay athletes : contesting hegemonic masculinity in a homophobic environment / Eric Anderson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0415476623

9780415476614

0415476615

9780415476621

OCLC:

299711399

Publisher Number:

99947446485