New sporting femininities : embodied politics in postfeminist times /: embodied politics in postfeminist times. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kim Toffoletti, Holly Thorpe, Jessica Francombe-Webb.
• Editors: Toffoletti, Kim; Thorpe, Holly; Francombe-Webb, Jessica
• Contents: 1. Femininities, Sport and Physical Culture in Postfeminist, Neoliberal Times; Kim Toffoletti, Jessica Francombe-Webb and Holly Thorpe.Section 1: Postfeminism and the Sport-Media-Industrial Complex.2. What's New About Sporting Femininities? Female Athletes and the Sport-Media Industrial Complex; Cheryl Cooky.3. Don't be a Do-Nothing Bitch: Popular Feminism and Women's Physical Empowerment in the UFC; Jennifer McClearen.4. The Performance of Blackness and Femininity in Postfeminist Times: Visualising Serena Williams Within the Context of Corporate Globalisation; Kristi Tredway.5. Postfeminist Paradoxes and Cultural Difference: Unpacking Media Representations of American Muslim Sportswomen Ibtihaj and Dalilah Muhammad; Sumaya F. Samie and Kim Toffoletti.6. Killing the Football Widow: NFL Marketing Beyond 'Pink It & Shrink It'; Jeffrey Montez de Oca and Molly Cotner.Section 2: Everyday Athletic Girls and Women Negotiating Postfeminism.7. Re-focusing the Image of the 'Superwoman' with 'No Colour': 'Writing Back to the Centre' from a Globalised View; Laura Azzarito.8. New Sporting Femininities in China: The Embodied Politics of Roller Derby; Adele Pavlidis.9. Footballing Femininities: The Lived Experiences of Young Females Negotiating 'The Beautiful Game'; Jessica Francombe-Webb and Laura Palmer.Section 3: Postfeminism in Online Sport and Fitness Spaces.10. Lean Light Fit and Tight: Fitblr Blogs and the Postfeminist Transformation Imperative; Sarah Riley and Adrienne Evans.11. #TakeBackFitspo: Building Queer Futures in/Through Social Media; Cathryn B. Lucas & Matthew R. Hodler.12. Sport, Postfeminism and Women with Disabilities: Female Paralympians on Social Media; Kim Toffoletti.13. Empowering 'Sporty Sisters' through 'Active Living': A Feminist Multi-modal Critical Discourse Analysis of the Lorna Jane Fitness Fashion Website; Meredith Nash.14. The Girl Effect and 'Positive' Representations of Sporting Girls of the Global South: Social Media Portrayals of Afghan Girls on Skateboards; Holly Thorpe, Lyndsay Hayhurst and Megan Chawansky.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 796.082; Women athletes; Sports for women; Feminism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319724812
• Related ISBNs: 9783319724805
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