Gender Relations in Sport

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Roper, Emily A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2013.
• Series: Teaching Gender
• Subjects: Education.; Education, general.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

 Designed primarily as a textbook for upper division undergraduate courses in gender and sport, gender issues, sport sociology, cultural sport studies, and womenỚ"s studies, Gender Relations in Sport provides a comprehensive examination of the intersecting themes and concepts surrounding the study of gender and sport. The 16 contributors, leading scholars from sport studies, present key issues, current research perspectives and theoretical developments within nine sub-areas of gender and sport: ỚØ Gender and sport participation ỚØ Theories of gender and sport ỚØ Gender and sport media ỚØ Sexual identity and sport ỚØ Intersections of race, ethnicity and gender in sport ỚØ Framing Title IX policy using conceptual metaphors ỚØ Studying the athletic body ỚØ Sexual harassment and abuse in sport ỚØ Historical developments and current issues from a European perspective The intersecting themes and concepts across chapters are also accentuated. Such a publication provides access to the study of gender relations in sport to students across a variety of disciplines. Emily A. Roper, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Sam Houston State University. Her research focuses on gender, sexuality, and sport.