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Gender and power in strength sports : strong as feminist / edited by Noelle K. Brigden, Katie Rose Hejtmanek and Melissa M. Forbis.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge critical studies in sport
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Sex differences.
- Sports.
- Weight training--Sex differences.
- Weight training.
- Muscle strength--Sex differences.
- Muscle strength.
- Feminism and sports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York City : Routledge, 2023.
- Contents:
- Part I. The public body
- Strength over gender? : discussing and presenting the ambivalent female strength in the CrossFit games / Riikka Turtiainen and Usva Friman
- Lingering muscles, latent "threats" : contesting the exceptional and threatening status of trans women in strength sports / Valerie Moyer
- Fit to mother : risk and self-care in the pregnant strength athlete / Lorin Shellenberger
- Interlude : deep analogies and the power of heavy lifting / Marisa Escolar
- Part II. The disciplined body
- Women's empowerment through strength sports-and Its limits : the case of the German American Turners, 1880s-1920s / Alison Clark Efford
- On death and fitness : hero workouts, US militarism, and the necrosociality of CrossFit / Katie Rose Hejtmanek
- Interlude : "Be careful, if you lift too heavy your boobs will shrink" / Cara Ocobock
- Part III. The social body
- Transformative writing and naming : Gimnasio Elba y Celina / Elsy Aracely Argueta and Noelle Brigden
- Between my breaths : CrossFit as a depathologizing healing strategy for sexual trauma survivors / Alessia Mastrorillo
- 'I exercise with others in about 6-7 online fitness communities' : women's exercise routine and resilience during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders / Cara Ocobock and Katie Rose Hejtmanek.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Gender and power in strength sports
- ISBN:
- 9781000872866 (electronic bk.)
- 1000872866 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031883170
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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