ABSTRACT

The first book focusing exclusively on this subject, Sport, Sexualities and Queer/Theory captures the newest and best writing on an emerging focus of study that brings in perspectives from a number of disciplines including sports studies, gender studies, sociology, cultural studies, lesbian and gay studies, and queer studies. An accessible introduction to this dynamic field, this is an explorative analysis of lesbian, gay, transgender, transsexual and intersex people’s experiences of sport as well as a rigorous theoretical consideration of sociological and political issues.

Bringing together in a single source an exciting array of contributions, this is an ideal source of inspiration for anyone involved in this rapidly growing field, and fills a need for an excellent introduction to the main themes and issues.

chapter |9 pages

Introduction

part I|35 pages

Queer/theory and the study of sport

chapter 2|13 pages

Beyond the pale

The whiteness of sport studies and queer scholarship

part II|59 pages

Sports' practices and communities

chapter 4|14 pages

Ten men out

Gay sporting masculinities in softball

chapter 5|14 pages

Exploring the limits of queer and sport

Gay men playing tennis

chapter 6|16 pages

The necessity of queer shame for gay pride

The Gay Games and Cultural Events 1

part III|67 pages

Possibilities for queer bodies and identities in sport

chapter 8|16 pages

Catching crabs

Bodies, emotions and gay identities in mainstream competitive rowing

chapter 9|14 pages

Femme-fatale

Re-thinking the femme-inine

chapter 10|15 pages

Heterosexual femininity

The painful processes of subjectification