ABSTRACT
The attack on Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships set the stage for a Winter Olympics spectacle: Tonya versus Nancy. Women on Ice collects the writings of a diverse group of feminists who address and question our national obsession with Tonya and Nancy and what this tells us about perceptions of women in twentieth century America.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|89 pages
Skating
chapter 1|19 pages
Nancy and Tonya and Sonja
The Figure of the Figure Skater in American Entertainment
chapter 2|25 pages
“A Radiant Smile from the Lovely Lady”
Overdetermined Femininity in “Ladies” Figure Skating
part II|71 pages
Pairs
chapter 10|17 pages
Tales of the Ice Princess and the Trash Queen
Cultural Fictions and the Production of “Women”
part IV|51 pages
Fantasies
