Gebundenes Buch

Women, Sport and Exercise in the Asia-Pacific Region

Domination, Resistance, Accommodation

Herausgeber: Molnar, Gyozo; Kanemasu, Yoko; Amin, Sara N.

Beschreibung

Focusing on women, sport and exercise in the Asia-Pacific region, this book presents a diverse range of empirical case studies from areas such as India, Fiji, North Korea and Japan, shedding new light on the nexus of sport, exercise, gender, sexuality and power.

Autor

Gyozo Molnar is Principal Lecturer in Sport Studies at the University of Worcester, United Kingdom and was Reviews Editor for the Sport in Society journal. His current publications and research revolve around migration, globalisation, national identity, the drive for muscularity and feminist methodologies. Sara N. Amin is Lecturer of Sociology at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji. She was the Co-Principal Investigator on a multi-country research study examining how gender relations in Muslim families in South Asia are being negotiated as women's opportunities for education and employment expanded between 2013 and 2017. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, migration and identity. Yoko Kanemasu is Senior Lecturer of Sociology at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji, where she teaches feminism, social theory, and research methodology. She was one of the convenors of the first academic conference to focus on rugby in the Pacific region, Fiji Rugby Centenary Conference: Reflections on the Past, Present and Future, held at the University of the South Pacific in 2013.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9781138895720
• ISBN-10: 1138895725
• Artikelnr.: 66532575