Gender Relations in Sport / / edited by Emily A. Roper.

• Superior document: Teaching Gender
• HerausgeberIn: Roper, Emily A.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed. 2013.
• Language: English
• Series: Teaching Gender
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Designed primarily as a textbook for upper division undergraduate courses in gender and sport, gender issues, sport sociology, cultural sport studies, and women’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: • Gender and sport participation • Theories of gender and sport • Gender and sport media • Sexual identity and sport • Intersections of race, ethnicity and gender in sport • Framing Title IX policy using conceptual metaphors • Studying the athletic body • Sexual harassment and abuse in sport • 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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Emily A. Roper -- Gender and Sport Participation / Karen M. Appleby and Elaine Foster -- Theories of Gender and Sport / Leslee A. Fisher , Susannah K. Knust and Alicia J. Johnson -- Gender and Sport Media / Nicole M. Lavoi -- Sexual Identity and Sport / Kerrie J. Kauer and Vikki Krane -- Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Sport / Akilah R. Carter-Francique and Courtney L. Flowers -- Framing Title IX / Theresa A. Walton -- Studying the Athletic Body / Christy Greenleaf and Trent A. Petrie -- Sexual Harassment and Abuse in Sport / Sandra Kirby and Guylaine Demers -- Developments and Current Issues in Gender and Sport from a European Perspective / Gertrud Pfister -- Contributing Authors / Emily A. Roper.