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Leisure, Women, and Gender explores and elaborates on issues of leisure for girls and women. It presents a critical analysis of the research to date and proposes directions for the future study of leisure, women, and gender.
The contributors share how they came to study leisure, women, and gender; talk about what they have learned from their research; and reflect on directions for future research.
In addition to teaching at the higher education level, the editors and contributors have an array of research interests such as social problems, social inclusion in leisure and sport, leisure of disenfranchised groups, and gender and diversity.
SECTION 1: SETTING A CONTEXT
Chapter 1: Introduction: Constructing a Framework
Chapter 2: Why Sexist Language Matters
Chapter 3: Many Voices: Historical Perspectives on Women’s Leisure
Chapter 4: Reflections on the Role of Men in a Feminist Leisure Studies
Chapter 5: Feminist Theories: A Diversity of Contributions and Perspectives
SECTION 2: PERSONAL LIVES
Chapter 6: Introduction: Expanding Opportunities for Leisure
Chapter 7: A Look Backward and Forward: Women’s Participation in Physically Active Recreation and the Homophobic Response
Chapter 8: Women, Gender, and Leisure Constraints
Chapter 9: Girls, Gender, and Recreational Sports
Chapter 10: “Mom, there are certain activities fat girls shouldn’t do.”: Considering the Leisure Experiences of Overweight Girls and the Role of Parents
Chapter 11: Sorority Spaces: Discipline of Gendered Reputation in Public Leisure
Chapter 12: Older Women and Competitive Sports: Resistance and Empowerment Through Leisure
Chapter 13: Time Use in Daily Life: Women, Families, and Leisure
Chapter 14: Women’s Transcendental Experiences With Motorcycling
Chapter 15: A Reader’s Reflections on Women’s Friendships
Chapter 16: Women’s Mental Health and the Power of Leisure
Chapter 17: Women and Tourism
Chapter 18: Feminist Masculinities: Inquiries Into Leisure, Gender, and Sexual Identity
SECTION 3: LIVES IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS
Chapter 19: Introduction: Social Identities, Relations, and Practices
Chapter 20: “Yes, I’m a girl . . . and I have a disability . . . but I’m also an athlete!”: Getting Off the Sidelines With Disability Sport
Chapter 21: Intersections of Ethnicity and Gender in the Leisure and Health of Ethnic Minority Women and Young Adults
Chapter 22: Becoming a Mother: Where Does Leisure Fit?
Chapter 23: Youth Sport: Visible Dads, Hidden Moms, and Gendered Children
Chapter 24: Families, Gender, Social Class, and Leisure
Chapter 25: Latina Women’s Family Roles: What Impact Do They Have on Their Physical Activity Participation?
Chapter 26: Let Your Soul Glow: The Intersections of Race, Gender, Health, and Leisure
Chapter 27: Leisure of Family Caregivers
Chapter 28: Older Age, Family, and Leisure
SECTION 4: BEYOND THE (INTER) PERSONAL
Chapter 29: Introduction: Power, Culture, and Politics
Chapter 30: The Politics of Taking Action: Women, Poverty, and Leisure-Access Policy
Chapter 31: Women’s Leisure and the Gendered Politics of Health
Chapter 32: Activist Scholarship: Fighting Homophobia and Heterosexism
Chapter 33: Reconstructing Masculinities, Migration, and Transnational Leisure Spaces
Chapter 34: Gender Equity and Government Policy: An Analysis of Title IX
Chapter 35: “Developing” Women’s and Girls’ Participation in Dene Games at the Arctic Winter Games
Chapter 36: Gender and Digital-Game Situated Play: Women, Girls, and the Multiple Constructions of Play
Chapter 37: Culture Shock: Challenges to Research Into Women, Gender, and Leisure
SECTION 5: THE WAY FORWARD
Chapter 38: Gender and Leisure Policy Discourses: The Cultural Turn to Social Justice
Chapter 39: Reflections on Leisure, Women, and Gender