Collective chaos : a roller derby team memoir / Samantha Tucker with Amy Spears.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Samantha, author.

Spears, Amy, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tucker, Samantha.

Roller derby--Psychological aspects.

Roller derby.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Women roller skaters--Ohio--Biography.

Women roller skaters.

Ohio--Biography.

Ohio.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Through stories about playing this full-contact, theatrical, and revolutionary sport, Collective Chaos shows the value of gaining a truly radical self-knowledge through teamwork, love, discipline, and critical consideration of our local and global societies and of our roles and responsibilities within them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Basics

What the Heck Is Roller Derby Anyway?

1. These United Skates

Ohio Player Profile: The Tiny Dictator A Word from Amy Spears, Ohio Native

2. Small to Get Big

Ohio Player Profile: The Humbly Great A Word from Amy Spears, Slightly Famous in Roller Derby

3. False Start

Ohio Player Profile: The Wizard A Word from Amy Spears, Roller Derby Historian

4. Fresh Meat

Ohio Player Profile: The Next Generation A Word from Amy Spears, Who Invented Roller Derby

5. Pivot

Ohio Player Profile: The Mastermind A Word from Amy Spears, Married, Divorced, Remarried to Roller Derby

6. Mindful Jockdom

Ohio Player Profile: The Inspiration Word from Amy Spears, Washed-Up Roller Derby Skater

7. O-H-I-O

Ohio Player Profile: The Force A Word from Amy Spears, Derby Lifer

8. Derby Veteran

Ohio Player Profile: The Forever Rookies A Word from Amy Spears: The Season That Never Happened

9. We Got Tired

Ohio Player Profile: Kegel's Wife A Word from Amy Spears: Democracy and Protest

10. Racism in Roller Derby

Ohio Player Profile: A Word from Pain Train J V J A Word from Amy Spears: Roller Derby in the Future.

Other Format:

Online version: Tucker, Samantha. Collective chaos

ISBN:

9780804012423

0804012423

OCLC:

1357155829