Sport and Gender Identities: Masculinities, Femininities and Sexualities

by Carmichael Aitchison; Cara

• ISBN13: 9780415259576
• ISBN10: 0415259576
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-12-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This important new book brings together gender studies and sexuality studies to provide original and critical insights into processes of identity formation in a wide range of sport-related contexts. The authors draw on contemporary debates concerning gender and identity from a range of disciplines including sociology, social and cultural geography, media studies and management studies, to address key issues in masculinity, femininity and sexuality: Part 1: Representing masculinities in sport analyses media representations of men's sports, exploring the variety and complexity of concepts of masculinity. Part 2: Transgressing femininities in sport makes use of case studies to examine the experiences of women in male-dominated sporting arenas. Part 3: Performing sexualities in sport analyses the role of queer theory in sport studies, explores experiences of and responses to homophobia in sport, and examines the significance of the Gay Games. This book will be of particular interest to students and academics working in sport studies, leisure studies, gender studies, queer and sexuality studies, social and cultural geography, and sociology.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction Cara Carmichael Aitchison Section One: Representing Masculinities in Sport 2. Mediating Masculinities: The Production of Media Representation in Sport Garry Whannel 3. Watching the Game: Theorising Masculinities in the Context of Media Sport Eileen Kennedy Section Two: Transgressing Femininities in Sport 4. The Contested Spaces of Women's Basketball Tiffany Muller 5. Women in Triathlon: Technologies of the Gendered Self Amanda Jones and Cara Carmichael Aitchison 6. Women in Sport Management: The Current State of Play and Visions of the Future Sally Shaw Section Three: Performing Sexualities in Sport 7. Gender, Sexuality and Queer Theory in Sport Beth Kivel and Corey Johnson 8. 'Queers even in Netball?': Interpretations of the Lesbian Label among Sportswomen Kate Russell 9 Driving down Participation: Homophobic Bullying as a Deterrent to doing Sport Celia Brackenridge, Ian Rivers, Brendan Gough and Karen Llewellyn 10. Challenging Homophobia and Heterosexism in Sport: The Promise of the Gay Games Caroline Symons