Ali Greey, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

Gebundenes Buch

Trans Athletes' Resistance

The Struggle for Justice in Sport

Herausgeber: Greey, Ali Durham; Lenskyj, Helen Jefferson

Beschreibung

Acknowledging the formidable hurdles trans and nonbinary athletes face in their struggles for inclusion, acceptance, and freedom, this book documents and analyses their resistance across a range of social-cultural and geopolitical contexts, from community sport to high-performance competition.

Autor

Ali Durham Greey (they/them) is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto. Their work examines the experiences of trans and nonbinary people in sport and education. Ali is a SSHRC- Joseph-Armand Bombardier Scholar and a retired member of the Canadian Olympic boxing team. Helen Jefferson Lenskyj (she/her) is Professor Emerita, University of Toronto. Her work as a researcher and activist on gender and sport issues began in the 1980s, and her critiques of the Olympic industry include seven books, most recently The Olympic Games: A Critical Approach (Emerald, 2020).

Produktdetails

• Emerald Studies in Sport and Gender
• Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781803823645
• ISBN-10: 180382364X
• Artikelnr.: 68294544