Tackling Stereotype - Corporeal Reflexivity and Politics of Play in Women's Rugby (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)

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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures
Release date:	February 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Charlotte Branchu
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-116790-4
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure Promotions
LSN:	3-03-116790-2
Barcode:	9783031167904

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