Tackling Stereotype
Corporeal Reflexivity and Politics of Play in Women’s Rugby
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
Published:9th Feb '24
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£109.99(9783031167904)
This book presents a critical rethinking of assumptions that have informed our understanding of women’s engagement in contact sport, based on an in-depth ethnography with an English rugby team. Looking at the day-to-day concerns of women who play rugby, this work provides a refreshing perspective on different ways of doing femininities in postfeminist times. Women’s rugby is one of the world’s fastest growing sports, yet it is also a physical game that is traditionally the preserve of men. Tackling Stereotypes reveals the cultural and symbolic stigma that ‘sticks’ to women’s rugby players and the tactics they use to carve out space for themselves and fight for legitimacy. It also argues that players engage in pragmatic politics, informed by their participation, that aims to enact realistic change. Branchu develops a situational sociology that furthers debates in the understanding of gender, belonging, becoming, embodiment, resistance politics, and the sociological study of sport.
ISBN: 9783031167935
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211 pages
1st ed. 2023