Full Description
Mothers and mothering have been a long-time focus of research and study in various academic disciplines, and common topics of interest in mainstream press and popular culture, yet the experiences of mothers and mothering in the area of sport have been less explored.
This innovative, interdisciplinary collection provides a space for exploration of the complex dimensions of intersections between mothers, mothering, and sport, as athletes, players, participants, parents, and discursive figures.
Topics discussed are wide-ranging, from motherwork in sport, mothers as athletes, the athlete mother in sports, representations and expectations of motherhood and health, legal regulation of sports and parenting, as well as sexuality and gender in sports and gaming.
Contents
Introduction: This Volume - Theoretical Foundations and Contributions
"We changed her nappies. We saw that she was a girl." Caster Semenya's Femininity and the Power of Maternal Testimony
Celeste E. Orr and Amanda D. Watson
"Swim Coaches and Mothers: Exploring Pedagogy Through Oral History"
Kindell Foley Peters
"Quit Calling My Kid, Yao Ming: Reflections of Race and Class from a Chinese Basketball Mom"
Catherine Ma
"Ecofeminism Meets the Team Mom: Eco-Momma as Cultural Change Broker"
Pamela Morgan Redela
"Concussions in Sport and Girls in Women's Rugby: Effectively Resisting and Moving Beyond Confining Gender Norms and Mother-Blame: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Rowan Stringer Case"
Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich
What Keeps Me Running: Horatio Algiers, The Albatross We Cannot Shed and Maternal Values in Motherhood and Sport
Judy Battaglia
Sports, Moms, School and Stress: My Story - Helaina Bromwich
