Sheryl Clark

Broschiertes Buch

Sporty Girls

Gender, Health and Achievement in a Postfeminist Era

Beschreibung

This book engages with the ongoing question of why many girls stop doing sport and physical activity in their teenage years. Previous research has found that many girls' disengagement from sport takes place despite their childhood enjoyment and that frequently these same women take up sport again as adults. Within these chapters, Sheryl Clark explores what it is about this period of time that persuades many girls to disengage from sports when their male peers continue to take part; why some girls continue to take part; and most importantly how girls understand this participation. She suggests that girls' participation in sport should be viewed as part of their ongoing constructions of 'successful girlhood' within a competitive schooling system and broader socioeconomic context.

Autor

Sheryl Clark is Lecturer and Researcher in the field of educational studies at Goldsmiths University of London, UK. With a particular interest in gender, sport, identities, youth, schooling and girlhood, Sheryl's research makes use of qualitative methods working with children and young people in schools and other physical activity settings.

Produktdetails

• New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-030-67251-5
• 1st edition 2021
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9783030672515
• ISBN-10: 3030672514
• Artikelnr.: 63389687

Rezensionen

"The author's emphasis on the lived experiences of girls, their stated reactions-both positive and negative-to sport participation, and a recommendation for more input from girls going forward, is exemplary. ... This book, along with others in the series, is worth reading for scholars' data-driven perspectives that can inform future feminist philosophical theorizing on the body." (Peg Brand Weiser, Hypatia - A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, November 26, 2024)