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.
This volume offers a wide-reaching overview of current academic research on women's participation in combat sports within a range of different nationa...
Scholars working in the academic field of sport studies have long debated the relationship between sport and gender. Modern sport forms, along with many related activities, have been shown to have historically supported ideals of male superiority, by largely excluding women and/or celebrating only men's athletic achievements. While the growth of women's sport throughout the 20th and 21st centuries has extinguished the notion of female frailty, revealing that women can embody athletic qualities previously thought exclusive to men, the continuation of sex segregation in...
Scholars working in the academic field of sport studies have long debated the relationship between sport and gender. Modern sport forms, along with...
This book uses research and personal stories from university lecturers to explore pedagogical strategies that illuminate how students' minds can be `switched on' in order to unlock their extraordinary potential.
This book uses research and personal stories from university lecturers to explore pedagogical strategies that illuminate how students' minds can be `s...
