Channon, Alexander and Matthews, Christopher R. (2015) Approaching the Gendered Phenomenon of Women Warriors. Global Perspectives on Women in Combat Sports: Women Warriors around the World. Global Culture and Sport Series . Palgrave Macmillan UK, London, UK, pp. 1-21. ISBN 978-1137439352

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Abstract

This introductory chapter presents a brief rationale for 'Global Perspectives on Women in Combat Sports: Women Warriors around the World', outlining some of the major theoretical concerns involved with conducting gender-sensitive analyses of the meanings of women’s engagement in such activities. As well as briefly introducing readers to the themes and issues covered throughout the rest of the volume, this chapter offers a rough typology of women’s combat sports and related activities. Drawing on previous social and historical research, this typology illustrates the multi-faceted, often contradictory relationships which exist between women’s participation and the maintenance or subversion of sexist formations of gender, thus aiming to sensitise readers to the complexities of these contemporary cultural phenomena.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Combat sports; Gender studies; Martial arts; Sociology of sport; Women's sport
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified:	09 Oct 2021 04:45
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/13861

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