Combat sports; Gender studies; Martial arts; Sociology of sport; Women's sport

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

Women athletes; Sexualisation; Objectification; Lingerie Football League; Legends Football League; Sociology of sport; Sport media

Khomutova, Anastasiya and Channon, Alexander (2015) ‘Legends’ in ‘lingerie’: Sexuality and athleticism in the 2013 Legends Football League US season. Sociology of Sport Journal, 32 (2). pp. 161-182. ISSN 0741-1235 (Print), 1543-2785 (Online) (doi:10.1123/ssj.2014-0054)

book review, masculinity, sexuality, sport, Jocks, culture

Channon, Alex (2014) Book Review: 21st Century Jocks: Sporting Men and Contemporary Heterosexuality. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 49 (6). pp. 761-768. ISSN 1012-6902 (Print), 1461-7218 (Online) (doi:10.1177/1012690214549778)

book review, research methods, sports

Channon, Alex (2015) Doing real world research in sports studies [Book review]. Leisure Studies, 34 (5). pp. 621-623. ISSN 0261-4367 (Print), 1466-4496 (Online) (doi:10.1080/02614367.2014.915626)

co-ed, combat sports, gender, integrated, martial arts, sex

Channon, Alex (2014) Towards the "undoing" of gender in mixed-sex martial arts and combat sports. Societies, 4 (4). pp. 587-605. ISSN 2075-4698 (Print), 2075-4698 (Online) (doi:10.3390/soc4040587)

combat sports, homophobia, inclusion, masculinities, mixed martial arts, netnography, pornography, UFC

Channon, Alex and Matthews, Christopher R. (2015) ‘It is what it is’: masculinity, homosexuality, and inclusive discourse in mixed martial arts. Journal of Homosexuality, 62 (7). pp. 936-956. ISSN 0091-8369 (Print), 1540-3602 (Online) (doi:10.1080/00918369.2015.1008280)

martial arts, anthropology, ethnography, habitus

Channon, Alex (2013) ‘Do you hit girls?’ Some striking moments in the career of a male martial artist. In: Sánchez García, Raúl and Spencer, Dale C., (eds.) Fighting Scholars: Habitus and Ethnographies of Martial Arts and Combat Sports. Key Issues in Modern Sociology Series . Anthem Press, London, UK, pp. 95-110. ISBN 9780857283320

martial arts, combat sports, Eastern, Western, masculinities, sociology of sport, sport and gender

Channon, Alex (2012) Western men and Eastern arts: The significance of Eastern martial arts disciplines in British men's narratives of masculinity. Asia Pacific Journal of Sport and Social Science, 1 (2-3). pp. 111-127. ISSN 2164-0599 (Print), 2164-0602 (Online) (doi:10.1080/21640599.2012.751170)

martial arts, combat sports, mixed-sex, co-ed, sport, sociology of sport, sport and gender, gender studies

Channon, Alex Guy (2013) Enter the discourse: Exploring the discursive roots of inclusivity in mixed-sex martial arts. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, 16 (10). pp. 1293-1308. ISSN 1743-0437 (Print), 1743-0445 (Online) (doi:10.1080/17430437.2013.790896)

martial arts, self-defence, combat sports, review, embodiment, social science

Channon, Alex and Jennings, George (2014) Exploring embodiment through martial arts and combat sports: a review of empirical research. Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics, 17 (6). pp. 773-789. ISSN 1743-0437 (Print), 1743-0445 (Online) (doi:10.1080/17430437.2014.882906)

martial arts, sex, gender, co-ed, integration, touch

Channon, Alex and Jennings, George (2013) The rules of engagement: Negotiating painful and "intimate" touch in mixed-sex martial arts. Sociology of Sport Journal, 30 (4). pp. 487-503. ISSN 0741-1235 (Print), 1543-2785 (Online)