Reimagining the gendering of sport / edited by Vikki Krane (Professor Emeritus, School of Applied Human Development, Bowling Green State University, USA) and Tanya Prewitt-White (empowers individuals and organizations through her work as a speaker, consultant, and coach).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krane, Vikki, editor.

Prewitt-White, Tanya, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role and sports.

Sports--Social aspects.

Sports.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"Reimagining the Gendering of Sport highlights the increasing public attention women's sport is receiving whilst examining the challenges that female athletes continue to face. The book provides a critical assessment of areas where reform is needed and presents creative reimaginings of a more equitable sporting world. Leading experts outline ongoing issues in contemporary girls' and women's sport, such as fewer opportunities and sponsorships, pay gaps, less television airtime and unequal playing conditions. Chapters are framed in critical feminist perspectives, engaging with intersectional and interdisciplinary understandings of the triumphs and challenges in women's sport. Theory is uniquely paired with personal narratives from diverse athletes across all levels of sport to humanize their experiences. The book advocates for an end to gendered cultural expectations, illustrating how representational leadership and athlete activism can create empowering environments in girls' and women's sport. Scholars and students of sport studies (e.g., sport sociology, sport psychology, and sport management) will greatly benefit from this timely book, as will those studying gender and cultural studies. The book is also a vital resource for women's sport advocates who toil to make the field more inclusive"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

1. The courage to dismantle sport as we know it / Tanya Prewitt-White and Vikki Krane

Part I: Conceptual foundations of gender

2. Reconceptualizing sport: Embracing critical feminist theory and intersectionality / Jennifer J. Waldron

3. Visionary athletic governance: Lessons from student-athletes and the aiaw / Diane L. Williams

4. Reimagining Title IX as a civil rights statute aimed at antisubordination rather than equality / Erin Buzuvis

Part II: Experiences of gender in sport

5. Yes, still talking about this! Body politics, agency, and embodiment practices in women's sport / Kate Russell

6. Transforming the quagmire: Reimagining girls' sport and physical activity / Katie Sullivan Barak

7. Media and gender in sport / Dunja Antunovic

8. Responding to sexual misconduct with a feminist restorative justice lens / Tanya Prewitt-White and Tanya Raquel

Part III: Lived experiences in sport one

9. The fat "girl" playing tackle football with boys / Kasie Murphy

10. Becoming a black mermaid / Tiffany Monique Quash

11. Thinner = winner / Emma Calow

12. Run like the wind: Playing soccer with the boys / Madeline Wells

13. The lies we tell: Exploring the intersections of gender and parasport / Staci Mannella

14. The feeling / Anonymous Author

Part IV: Identities in sport

15. Intersex and trans athletes: Who gets to be a "female athlete"? / Elizabeth A. Sharrow

16. Amplifying joy: Celebrating the queerness of women's sport / Erica V. Bennett and Vikki Krane

17. Decentering whiteness in women's sport / Emma Calow

18. Disability and gender in sport and physical activity / Toni Louise Williams and Andrea Bundon

Part V: Lived experiences in sport two

19. The in-between / Kenj R. Campbell

20. Overweight mom to brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter / Autumn Rena Martin

21. Black on ice / 22. A dream reimagined: reclaiming my story / Stephanie Wheeler

23. The power and poison of achievement / Gloria H. M. Park

Part VI: Moving forward

24. We do not need leaders, we need coactors / Joanna Line, Jill Kochanek and Anna Baeth

25. We won't quit: Athlete activism from erasure to empowerment / Bernie Compton and Jen Fry

26. The end of sport as we know it / Vikki Krane and Tanya Prewitt-White.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035310210 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.