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Summary:

"With sport representing one of the last bastions of binary thinking, trans and nonbinary athletes face formidable hurdles in their struggles for inclusion, acceptance, and freedom. Trans Athletes' Resistance: The Struggle for Justice in Sport documents and analyses individual and collective resistance initiated by trans and nonbinary athletes and allies across a range of social-cultural and geopolitical contexts, from community sport to high-performance competition. In addition to sociological investigations of global, national, and local resistance, contributors present case studies and first-person accounts of struggles to challenge structural barriers and interpersonal hostility. Challenging policy-makers' binary definitions of males and females, the dominance of the achievement model, and toxic masculinity within sporting subcultures, the book explores how trans and nonbinary athletes not only resist transphobic policies and practices but also create new models of inclusive sport. The book has important implications for gender-inclusive policy development. Contributors present new methodologies and ways of theorizing the complex relationships among sex, gender, and sexuality in the equally complex terrain of sport and physical activity"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : the binary world of sport : belonging and resistance / Helen Jefferson Lenskyj and Ali Durham Greey
• Trans athletes and the limits of recognition, visibility and intelligibility / C.B. Lucas and Matthew R. Hodler
• The locker room politics of the Meninos Bons de Bola and the rise of the right in Brazil / CK Snyder
• Policy on the run : the development of trans and gender diverse inclusion policies in community sport in Australia / Ryan Storr, Anna Posbergh and Sheree Bekker
• Slipping into the shadows : boxing, affect and healing justice / Dan Irving
• Bobbing and weaving : a nonbinary boxer's experiences of sport, gender and resistance / Ali Durham Greey
• Collateral damage from anti-transgender US legislation : perspectives from a transgender student-athlete / Estel Boix Noguer and Leslie K. Larsen
• Embodying disobedience, inciting resistance : nonbinary athletes and the limits of gender in sport / Sabeehah Ravat
• Transgender and gender non-conforming persons' experiences of recreational sport and physical activity / Eva Bo?snjak and William Bridel
• Conclusion : resistance : the way forward / Helen Jefferson Lenskyj and Ali Durham Greey

Contributors:

Greey, Ali Durham , editor

Lenskyj, Helen , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Trans athletes' resistance (First edition; United Kingdom ; North America : Emerald Publishing, 2024 — ISBN 9781803823645)

Related Series:

Emerald studies in sport and gender

Subjects:

Transgender athletes

Gender identity in sports

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index
Description based on: Online resource; title from digital title page (EBSCOhost, viewed January 9, 2024).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

GV708.8 .T73 2023eb

ISBNs:

1803823658 (Epub)
9781803823652 (Epub)
1803823631 (online)
9781803823638 (online)
9781803823645 (print) [Invalid]
180382364X [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1406412418