Balancing Acts
Author | : Justin Wolfers |
Publisher | : Brow Books |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2018-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 1925704025 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781925704020 |
Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Download or read book Balancing Acts written by Justin Wolfers and published by Brow Books. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal, literary, historical, critical and experimental essays that explore Australian women's experiences in sport and sport culture. --Featuring more than 20 non-fiction essays from a diverse range of Australian writers, journalists and athletes. --Contributors include established sports writers and sports advocates like Brunette Lenkic, Imogen Smith, Jodi McAlister, Nicole Hayes, and Danielle Warby; academics and cultural critics such as Kasey Symons, Emma Jenkins and Erin Stewart; as well as emerging writers published widely across literary magazines and newspapers including Ellen Van Neerven, Kate Doak, Holly Isemonger, Gina Rushton, Charlotte Guest, Katerina Bryant, Nadia Bailey and Rebecca Slater. --Essay topics include: the continual sexualisation of women in surfing culture; the marginalisation of women in boxing; feminine performativity in ballet; life as a long-time female AFL spectator; structural disadvantage as experienced by a professional cyclist; social soccer's ins and outs; the power relations between female athletes and their coaches; female-identifying athletes' experience of homophobia; and the aesthetics of televised sports.