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Red Nails, Black Skates - Gender, Cash, and Pleasure on and off the Ice (Paperback, New)
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Red Nails, Black Skates - Gender, Cash, and Pleasure on and off the Ice (Paperback, New)
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In her forties, Erica Rand bought a pair of figure skates to vary
her workout routine. Within a few years, the college professor was
immersed in adult figure skating. Here, in short, incisive essays,
she describes the pleasures to be found in the rink, as well as the
exclusionary practices that make those pleasures less accessible to
some than to others. Throughout the book, Rand situates herself as
a queer femme, describing her mixed feelings about participating in
a sport with heterosexual story lines and rigid standards for
gender-appropriate costumes and moves. She chronicles her
experiences competing in the Gay Games and at the annual U.S. Adult
National Figure Skating Championship, or "Adult Nationals"; Aided
by her comparative study of roller derby and women's hockey,
including a brief attempt to play hockey herself, she addresses
matters such as skate color conventions, judging systems, racial
and sexual norms, transgender issues in sports, and the economics
of athletic participation and risk taking. Mixing sharp critique
with genuine appreciation and delight, Rand suggests ways to make
figure skating more inclusive, while portraying the unlikely
friendships facilitated by sports and the sheer elation of gliding
on ice.
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