Books in the New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures series

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.

The chapters in the Women¿s Football in Latin America two volumes will look at the social and historical means of the embodied representation of gender differences that has been deeply embedded in the history of Latin American women and football. The authors identify and analyse how, in a range of ways, Latin American women have found in-between spaces, amid severe macho structures, to establish and play their football. As a result, the book will be of interest to researchers and students of sport sociology, football studies, gender studies, comparative sports studies, sports history, and Latin American sporting culture.The first volume of this edited collection brings together a variety of high-quality research investigating women¿s football in Brazil to an international, English readership. The complex issues surrounding women and sport have attracted the attention of Brazilian academics since the early 1980s, and this book seeks to update that scholarship to themodern day, with chapters on sports media, 2019 FIFA Women¿s World Cup, grassroots women¿s football, women¿s football fans. The book also indicates the forthcoming research and political challenges for gender equity in Brazilian football.

The chapters in the Women¿s Football in Latin America two volumes will look at the social and historical means of the embodied representation of gender differences that has been deeply embedded in the history of Latin American women and football. The authors identify and analyse how, in a range of ways, Latin American women have found in-between spaces, amid severe macho structures, to establish and play their football. As a result, the book will be of interest to researchers and students of sport sociology, football studies, gender studies, comparative sports studies, sports history, and Latin American sporting culture.The second volume of this edited collection integrates a range of high-quality studies on women¿s football across Latin American countries to a global readership. From studies with marginalized communities, football fans but also the media and professional women¿s footballers, the chapters show how fútbol has been a key part of oppressive gender structures, and ways that women have fought for gender equity within this key cultural expression in Latin America. The book also suggests a fascinating research and activist agenda for women¿s football in the continent for the next decades.

This book presents knowledge from Indigenous women who enact decolonization and wellbeing through physical activity. While much research is published from a Western perspective on Indigenous peoples' health, sport, and physical activity, less is known from Indigenous feminist and community perspectives.

This volume presents a collection of essays that explore the relationship between sporting clothing and gender.

Part 1. Historical perspectives.1. "Exercise Requires the Greatest Freedom": Athletic Clothing for American women, 1880-1920; Nancy G. Rosoff.2. Of Bicycling Shorts and Golf Sweaters: College Women and the Making of the American Sportswear Industry; Deirdre Clemente and Evan M. Casey.Part 2. Socio-political perspectives.3. Blocked Out: Athletic Voices and WNBA Uniform Politics; Meredith M. Bagley and Judy Liao.4. Apathy and/or Ambivalence? Women''s Sport and Military Promotion; Molly  Yanity.Part 3. Socio-cultural perspectives.5. "It''s Always Something": The Scrutiny of Female Sportscasters'' Professional Clothing; Dunja Antunovic and Kellee Clay.6. Exploring Plus-size Exercise Apparel as a Social Justice Issue; Caitlyn Hauff and Christy Greenleaf.8. In Flo Jo Fashion: The Cultural Appropriation of Sportswomen''s Apparel; Leelannee K. Malin.9. Buying What''s for Sale: Running, Flirting, and Fashion at the Skirt Chaser 5k Race Series; Claire Williams.- Part 4. Sport-specific perspectives.10. Skating with Style: Rolling with Reflection and Resistance in Roller Derby Uniforms and Fashion; Colleen English and Heidi Mau.11. "We Wear So Little": Collegiate Women Gymnasts'' Reflections on Their Uniforms; Emily Fairchild and Elizabeth A. Gregg.12. "I''m Too Sexy For My Shirt": The LPGA Dress Code; Elizabeth A. Gregg, Elizabeth A. Taylor, and Robin Hardin.- 13. Badass CrossFit Women: Redefining Traditional Femininity, One Handstand Push-up at a Time; Caitlyn Hauff, Christina Gipson, Nancy Malcom, and Hannah Bennett.14. A Feminist Media Analysis of the DiGiulian-Kinder Incident: Rock Climber Cyberbullying on Instagram; Leandra Hinojosa Hernandez.

This edited collection critically explores new and emerging models of female athleticism in an era characterised as postfeminist.

This edited collection critically explores new and emerging models of female athleticism in an era characterised as postfeminist.