Gender and Power in Strength Sports: Strong As Feminist (Routledge Critical Studies in Sport) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032441933 ISBN 13: 9781032441931

Verlag: Routledge, 2024

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This book explores strength sports as a site of political contestation and a platform for insurgent gender practices. It contributes to our understanding of key themes in the study of sport, such as feminism, power, the body and identity.

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Noelle K. Brigden is Associate Professor of political science at Marquette University, USA, where she teaches courses on human security, international migration, the global politics of street gangs, international relations, body politics, and peace & trauma in Central America. She is the 2022 IPF World Masters Classic Powerlifting Champion for the 47kg weight class and has achieved US national powerlifting records.

Katie Rose Hejtmanek is Associate Professor of anthropology, and children and youth studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY, USA. Her research investigates cultural processes of self-transformation in a mental institution for children, CrossFit gyms, and strength sports collectives. She competes in Olympic weightlifting, winning her age and weight class at the IWF Masters World Championships in 2022.

Melissa M. Forbis is a cultural anthropologist with a research focus on social movements, Indigenous rights, and gender in Latin America. Her current research examines sports practices and social change. Her teaching includes courses on the anthropology of sport, and gender and sexuality at New York University and Brooklyn College, CUNY, USA. She is a three-time competitor at IPF World Masters Powerlifting Championships and is a Trauma-Informed Weightlifting-certified strength coach.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1032441933
• ISBN 13: 9781032441931
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 242
• Herausgeber: Brigden Noelle K., Hejtmanek Katie Rose, Forbis Melissa M.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Routledge; https://www.routledge-ny.com/; ; Stockst?dter Str. 20; Gro?ostheim; Bayern; Deutschland