Global Perspectives on Women in Combat Sports: Women Warriors Around the World

ISBN-13: 9781137439352 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 322 str.

Alex Channon; Christopher R. Matthews

Opis

This volume offers a wide-reaching overview of current academic research on women's participation in combat sports within a range of different national and trans-national contexts, detailing many of the struggles and opportunities experienced by women at various levels of engagement within sports such as boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts.

O autorze

Jayne Caudwell, University of Brighton, UK.  Stiliani 'Ani' Chroni, Hedmark University College, Norway Paul De Knop, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium. Marco Antônio Carvalho Ferretti, Santana do Parnaiba, Brazil. Amy Godoy-Pressland, University of East Anglia, UK. Nell Haynes, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile. Jocelyn Hollander, University of Oregon, USA. George Jennings, Universidad YMCA, Mexico. L.A. Jennings, Independent Scholar Anna Kavoura, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Yun Jung Kim, Seoul National University, South Korea Hillary Kipnis, University of Brighton, UK. Jorge Knijnik, University of Western Sydney, Australia.  Marja Kokkonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Sun Yong Kwon, Seoul National University, South Korea. Jung Woo Lee, University of Edinburgh, UK. Chloe Maclean, University of Edinburgh, UK.  Roy McCree, University of the West Indies, Trinidad Mark Mierzwinski, York St. John University, UK. Dr Helen Owton, De Montfort University, UK. and Open University, UK. Catherine Phipps, University of Greenwich, UK. Tatiana V. Ryba, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Hebe Schaillée, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.  Marc Theeboom, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.  Beatriz Cabrera Velázquez, Universidad YMCA, Mexico Jikkemien Vertonghen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Charlene Weaving, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.