Sport and the Female Disabled Body

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-138-49446-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 268 g

Reihe: Interdisciplinary Disability Studies

This path-breaking book analyses the experiences of young sporting women with physical impairments. Taking phenomenology as a point of departure, Elisabet Apelmo explores how the young women handle living with a body which, on the one hand, is viewed as deviant – the disabled body – and on the other hand is viewed as accomplished – the sporting body. A polarization is apparent between the weak, which is manifested through the expression of belonging as "we", and the strong individual. The subject position as strong, positive and capable – as a reaction towards the weak, the negative – is one of the few positions that are available to them. Furthermore, the book demonstrates the strategies of resistance the young women develop against the marginalisation, stereotyping and othering they experience in their everyday lives.

Finally, the author discusses the paradox of gender. Disabled bodies are often seen as non-gendered, however, these young women’s experiences are structured by both the gender regimes within sports and the larger gender order of the society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Apelmo, Elisabet (Malmoe University, Sweden)

Apelmo, Elisabet

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Framework and Methodological Considerations 3. ‘I Am Just Like Everyone Else’ 4. Bodily Experiences 5. Technology, Gender and the Body 6. Sporting Bodies and Gender 7. Final Discussion

Über Autor(innen)

Elisabet Apelmo is Lecturer in the Department of Social Work at Malmö University, Sweden. She is a visual artist with a PhD in Sociology.