Sport, Gender and Power

The Rise of Roller Derby

Adele Pavlidis, Simone Fullagar, Dr. Meredith Jones

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Routledge
20 November 2014

Gender studies: women; Sociology: sport & leisure; Rollerblading, skateboarding, etc

Series: Gender, Bodies and Transformation

As a new breed of lifestyle sport enthusiasts ’derby grrrls’ are pushing the boundaries of gender as they negotiate the nexus of pleasure, pain and power relations. Offering a socio-cultural analysis of the rise and reinvention of roller derby as both a new, globalized women’s sport and an everyday creative leisure space, this book explores the manner in which roller derby has emerged as a gendered space for self-transformation, belonging and embodied contest, in which women are invited to experience their emotions differently, embrace pain and overcome limits.

Sport, Gender and Power: The Rise of Roller Derby presents detailed interview, ethnographic and autoethnographic material, together with a range of media texts to shed new light on the complex relationships of power experienced by women in derby as a sport culture, whilst also examining the darker relationships that characterise the sport, including those of inclusion and exclusion, difference and identity, and competition and participation.

A contemporary feminist study of empowerment, sexual difference, gender and affect, this book will appeal to scholars of gender and sexuality, embodiment, feminist thought and the sociology of sport and leisure.

By: Adele Pavlidis, Simone Fullagar
Series edited by: Dr. Meredith Jones
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781472417718
ISBN 10: 1472417712
Series: Gender, Bodies and Transformation
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 20 November 2014
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Adele Pavlidis was awarded her doctorate from Griffith University, Australia and is currently a member of the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research. Simone Fullagar is Professor of Sport and Physical Cultural Studies at the University of Bath, UK. She is co-editor of Slow Tourism: Experiences and Mobilities.

Reviews for Sport, Gender and Power: The Rise of Roller Derby

'In the ever expanding sports literature it is so good to see such significant, substantial, feminist research which combines robust critical theory with innovative methodologies. This great book makes a significant contribution to the literature on the social, political and cultural significance of sport. It really is inspiring. I learned so much.'Kath Woodward, Open University, UK'Unique, accessible, smart and practical: Pavlidis and Fullagar have crafted a theoretically sophisticated examination of the unique context of the woman-centered space. Socio-cultural theorists and sport enthusiasts are afforded the occasion to see what this growing sport illustrates about the complexity, fragility, utility and power of gender in contemporary society. You'll never think of them as just girls on skates again.'Corey W. Johnson, University of Georgia, USA