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The Palgrave Handbook of Feminism and Sport, Leisure and Physical Education

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Provides an original and comprehensive overview of more than four decades of feminist scholarship in sport, leisure and physical education.
  • Features contributions from internationally renowned authors and emerging feminist scholars
  • Includes seminal writings that have profoundly influenced current thinking in feminist work

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Table of contents (54 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction: Feminist Thinking, Politics and Practice in Sport, Leisure and Physical Education

    • Louise Mansfield, Jayne Caudwell, Belinda Wheaton, Beccy Watson
    Pages 1-15
  3. Challenges and Transformations in Women’s Leisure, Sport and Physical Education Movements

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
    2. Challenges and Transformations in Women’s Leisure, Sport and Physical Education Movements

      • Beccy Watson, Louise Mansfield, Jayne Caudwell, Belinda Wheaton
      Pages 19-23
    3. Feminism and PE: Does Gender Still Matter?

      • Sheila Scraton
      Pages 25-42
    4. Sporting Females: Power, Diversity and the Body

      • Jessica Francombe-Webb, Kim Toffoletti
      Pages 43-55
    5. Gender and the Body in Leisure and Tourism

      • Stephen Wearing, Jennie Small, Carmel Foley
      Pages 95-109
    6. Women and Sports Coaching

      • Nicole M. LaVoi, Anna Baeth
      Pages 149-162
    7. Reflecting on the Use of Feminist Theories in Sport Management Research

      • Annelies Knoppers, Fiona McLachlan
      Pages 163-179
  4. Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies and Method

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
    2. Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies and Method

      • Belinda Wheaton, Beccy Watson, Louise Mansfield, Jayne Caudwell
      Pages 203-208
    3. Autoethnography, Women and Sport

      • Karen Throsby
      Pages 243-255
    4. Gender, Media and New Media Methods

      • Toni Bruce, Dunja Antunovic
      Pages 257-273

About this book

This handbook provides an original, comprehensive and unparalleled overview of feminist scholarship in sport, leisure and physical education. It captures the complexities of past, current and future developments in feminism while highlighting its theoretical, methodological and empirical applications. It also critically engages with policy and practice issues for women and girls taking part in sport and leisure pursuits and in physical education provision.

The Palgrave Handbook of Feminism and Sport, Leisure and Physical Education is international in scope and includes the work of established and emerging feminist scholars. It will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, gender studies, sport sciences, and sports business and management.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Brunel University, London, United Kingdom

    Louise Mansfield

  • Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom

    Jayne Caudwell

  • University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    Belinda Wheaton

  • Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

    Beccy Watson

About the editors

Louise Mansfield is Research Lead for Welfare, Health and Wellbeing (Institute of Environment Health and Societies) and Senior Lecturer in Sport, Health and Social Sciences at Brunel University London, UK. Her research focuses on the relationship between sport, physical activity and public health.

Jayne Caudwell is Associate Professor and Head of Research in the Department of Events and Leisure at Bournemouth University, UK. She is best known for her work on gender and sexualities in leisure and sport cultures.

Belinda Wheaton is Associate Professor in Sport and Leisure Studies at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. The main focus of her research has been the politics of identity in informal and lifestyle sport.

Beccy Watson
is Reader in the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Her research engages with interrelationships across gender, race and class in the social analysis of leisure and sport. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Feminism and Sport, Leisure and Physical Education

  • Editors: Louise Mansfield, Jayne Caudwell, Belinda Wheaton, Beccy Watson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53318-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53317-3Published: 23 November 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53318-0Published: 06 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 888

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Feminism, Women's Studies, Gender and Sexuality, Sociology of Culture

Buy it now

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eBook USD 299.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 379.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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