Philosophical Perspectives on Gender in Sport and Physical Activity

by Davis; Paul

• ISBN13: 9780415476621
• ISBN10: 0415476623
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-10-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Some of the most controversial topics in sport are analysed in this unique collection of philosophical writings. It features articles written by an international cast of prominent contributors on subjects such as the objectification and sexualisation of sport, sport and the construction of the female, and homophobia. A useful resource for students as well as a thought-provoking source of debate, this collection is the first of its kind.

Author Biography

Paul Davis is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Abertay, Dundee. He has had numerous articles published in the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, as well as having written an introductory text on metaethics. His background is in philosophy, including the philosophy of sport. Charlene Weaving is an Assistant Professor in the Human Kinetics Department at St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia. She teaches gender and sport, Canadian sport history, qualitative research methods and an advanced Olympic Games course. Her current research interests include philosophical analysis of gender, sport, and sexuality.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Sport and the construction of the female	p. 11
The exclusion of women from sport: conceptual and existential dimensions	p. 13
Woman as body: ancient and contemporary views	p. 21
On the definition of 'woman' in the sport context	p. 40
Objectification	p. 55
Sexulization and sexuality in sport	p. 57
Merc and partial means: the full range of the objectification of women	p. 64
Unraveling the ideological concept of the female athlete: a connection between sex and sport	p. 83
Sex boundaries: construction, naturalisation, and opposition	p. 95
Men with breasts	p. 97
The doping ban: compulsory heterosexuality and lesbophobia	p. 112
Could a 'woman' win a gold medal in the 'men's' hundred metres?: female sport, drugs and the transgressive cyborg body	p. 129
Homophobia	p. 143
From the "muscle moll" to the "butch" ballplayer: mannishness, lesbianism, and homophobia in U.S. women's sports	p. 145
Outta my endzone: sport and the territorial anus	p. 160
Openly gay athletes: contesting hegemonic masculinity in a homophobic environment	p. 178
Postscript	p. 197
Index	p. 200
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