Gender and power in strength sports : strong as feminist
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Gender and power in strength sports : strong as feminist
(Routledge critical studies in sport series)
Routledge, 2023
- : hbk
Available at 3 libraries
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Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The first book to take a critical, sociological look at women and strength sports
Strength sports have seen an exponential growth of women's participation in the last decade
Addresses key themes in the social sciences, including feminism, the body, and power
Adopts an intersectional, interdisciplinary approach
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction - Strong A(s) F(eminist)
Interlude 1: Bulky Is Not the Worst Thing a Woman Can Be
Part I: The Public Body
1. Strength Over Gender? Discussing and Presenting the Ambivalent Female Strength in the CrossFit Games 2019
2. Lingering Muscles, Latent "Threats": Contesting the Exceptional and Threatening Status of Trans Women in Strength Sports
3. Fit to Mother: Risk and Self-Care in the Pregnant Strength Athlete
Interlude 2: Deep Analogies and the Power of Heavy Lifting
Part II: The Disciplined Body
4. Women's Empowerment through Strength Sports-and Its Limits: The Case of the German American Turners, 1880s-1920s
5. On Death and Fitness: Hero Workouts, US Militarism, and the Necrosociality of CrossFit
Interlude 3: "Be Careful, If You Lift too Heavy Your Boobs Will Shrink"
Part III: The Social Body
6. Transformative Writing and Naming: Gimnasio Elba y Celina
7. Between My Breaths: CrossFit As A Depathologizing Healing Strategy for Sexual Trauma Survivors
8. 'I Exercise with Others in About 6-7 Online Fitness Communities': Women's Exercise Routine and Resilience During COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders
Epilogue - Judging the Lift: Are Strength Sports Insurgent or Reactionary Practices?
Index
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