This volume offers a wide-reaching overview of current academic research on women's participation in combat sports within a range of different national and trans-national contexts, detailing many of the struggles and opportunities experienced by women at various levels of engagement within sports such as boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts.

Autorentext
Jayne Caudwell, University of Brighton, UK. Stiliani 'Ani' Chroni, Hedmark University College, Norway Paul De Knop, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium. Marco Antônio Carvalho Ferretti, Santana do Parnaiba, Brazil. Amy Godoy-Pressland, University of East Anglia, UK. Nell Haynes, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile. Jocelyn Hollander, University of Oregon, USA. George Jennings, Universidad YMCA, Mexico. L.A. Jennings, Independent Scholar Anna Kavoura, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Yun Jung Kim, Seoul National University, South Korea Hillary Kipnis, University of Brighton, UK. Jorge Knijnik, University of Western Sydney, Australia. Marja Kokkonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Sun Yong Kwon, Seoul National University, South Korea. Jung Woo Lee, University of Edinburgh, UK. Chloe Maclean, University of Edinburgh, UK. Roy McCree, University of the West Indies, Trinidad Mark Mierzwinski, York St. John University, UK. Dr Helen Owton, De Montfort University, UK. and Open University, UK. Catherine Phipps, University of Greenwich, UK. Tatiana V. Ryba, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Hebe Schaillée, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Marc Theeboom, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. Beatriz Cabrera Velázquez, Universidad YMCA, Mexico Jikkemien Vertonghen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Charlene Weaving, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.

Inhalt

1. Approaching The Gendered Phenomenon Of Women Warriors; Alex Channon And Christopher R Matthews
   PART I: DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTIONS AND MEDIATED REPRESENTATIONS OF WOMEN IN COMBAT SPORTS
   
   2. Moral Guardians, Mini-Skirts And Nicola Adams: The Changing Media Discourse Of Women's Boxing; Amy Godoy-Pressland
   3. The Boxers Of Kabul: Women, Boxing And Islam; Hillary Kipnis And Jayne Caudwell
   4. Chicks Fighting In A Cage: A Philosophical Critique Of Gender Constructions In The Ultimate Fighting Championship; Charlene Weaving
   5. 'Beauty And Strength': Defining The Female Body In The Ultimate Fighter Season 20 Promotional Campaign;
      LA Jennings
      PART II: INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES AND ACTORS IN WOMEN'S COMBAT SPORTS
   6. Gender Inequality In Olympic Boxing: Exploring Structuration Through Online Resistance Against Weight Category Restrictions; George Jennings And Beatriz Cabrera
   7. The Fight Outside The Ring: Female Boxing Officials In Trinidad And Tobago; Roy Mccree
   8. Mexican Female Warrior: The Case Of Marisela Ugalde, The Founder Of Xilam; George Jennings
   9. Women Fighters As Agents Of Change: A Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Case Study From Finland; Anna Kavoura, Stiliani Chroni, Marja Kokkonen And Tatiana V. Ryba
      PART III: RECREATIONAL PRACTICE AND SELF-DEFENCE
   10. Beautifully Violent: The Gender Dynamic Of Scottish Karate; Chloe Maclean
   11. Mediating Factors In Martial Arts Practice: A Specific Case Of Young Girls; Jikkemien Vertonghen, Hebe Schaillée, Marc Theeboom And Paul De Knop
   12. Outlaw Emotions: Gender, Emotion, And Transformation In Women's Self-Defence Training; Jocelyn Hollander
   13. Resisting The Hegemonic Gender Order? The Accounts Of Female Boxers In South Korea; Yun Jung Kim, Sun Yong Kwon And Jung Woo Lee
       PART IV: COMPETITIVE AND PERFORMATIVE 'WOMEN WARRIORS'
   14. Reinventing The Body-Self: Intense, Gendered And Heightened Sensorial Experiences Of Women's Boxing Embodiment; Helen Owton
   15. 'I'm Not The Type Of Person Who Does Yoga': Women, 'Hard' Martial Arts And The Quest For Exciting Significance; Mark Mierzwinski And Catherine Phipps
   16. Ambivalent Lives, Fighting Bodies: Women And Combat Sports In Brazil
       Jorge Knijnik And Marco Antônio De Carvalho Ferretti
   17. Unboliviable Bouts: Gender And Essentialisation Of Bolivia's Cholitas Luchadoras; Nell Haynes