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Women’s Artistic Gymnastics

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Socio-cultural Perspectives

Women’s Artistic Gymnastics

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Women’s Artistic Gymnastics book

Socio-cultural Perspectives
Edited ByRoslyn Kerr, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Carly Stewart, Gretchen Kerr
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2020
eBook Published 28 April 2020
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003007005
Pages 258
eBook ISBN 9781003007005
Subjects Sports and Leisure
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Kerr, R., Barker-Ruchti, N., Stewart, C., & Kerr, G. (Eds.). (2020). Women’s Artistic Gymnastics: Socio-cultural Perspectives (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003007005

ABSTRACT

This book lifts the lid on the high pressured, complex world of women’s artistic gymnastics. By adopting a socio-cultural lens incorporating historical, sociological and psychological perspectives, it takes the reader through the story and workings of women’s artistic gymnastics.

Beginning with its early history as a ‘feminine appropriate’ sport, the book follows the sport through its transition to a modern sports form. Including global cases and innovative narrative methods, it explores the way gymnasts have experienced its intense challenges, the complexities of the coach-athlete relationship, and how others involved in the sport, such as parents and medical personnel, have contributed to the reproduction of a highly demanding and potentially abusive sporting culture.

With the focus on a unique women’s sport, the book is an important read for researchers and students studying sport sociology, sport coaching, and physical education, but it is also a valuable resource for anyone interested in the development of sporting talent.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

ByRoslyn Kerr, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Carly Stewart, Gretchen Kerr

part Part I|58 pages

The history, politics, commercialisation, and diversification of women’s artistic gymnastics

chapter 1|13 pages

Acrobatisation and establishment of pixie-style women’s artistic gymnastics

ByGeorgia Cervin

chapter 2|11 pages

Perfectionisation of women’s artistic gymnastics

ByGeorgia Cervin

chapter 3|16 pages

The commercialisation of women’s artistic gymnastics since the 1980s

ByGeorgia Cervin, Elizabeth Booth, Diana-Luiza Simion

chapter 4|14 pages

Diversification of women’s artistic gymnastics since the fall of Communism

ByNatalie Barker-Ruchti, Elizabeth Booth, Francesca Cavallerio, Georgia Cervin, Diana-Luiza Simion, Myrian Nunomura, Froukje Smits

part Part II|51 pages

The gymnast experience

chapter 5|12 pages

Living with stories of gymnastics in higher education

ByCarly Stewart, Michele Carbinatto

chapter 6|18 pages

Media narratives of gymnasts’ abusive experiences

Keep smiling and point your toes
ByAshley Stirling, Alexia Tam, Aalaya Milne, Gretchen Kerr

chapter 7|17 pages

Trampoline gymnasts’ body narratives of the leotard

A seamless fit?
ByRhiannon Lord, Carly Stewart

part Part III|56 pages

Coach-athlete relationships

chapter 8|22 pages

Power in coach-athlete relationships

The case of women’s artistic gymnastics
BySophia Jowett, Svenja Wachsmuth

chapter 9|15 pages

When the coach-athlete relationship influences vulnerability to sexual abuse of women’s artistic gymnasts

ByGretchen Kerr, Ashley Stirling, Erin Willson

chapter 10|15 pages

Critical reflections on (adult) coach-(child) athlete ‘no touch’ discourses in women’s artistic gymnastics

Out of touch
ByMelanie Lang, Joanne McVeigh

part Part IV|62 pages

The multiple actors involved in creating an elite gymnast

chapter 11|13 pages

The sorting of gymnasts

An Actor-Network Theory approach to examining talent identification and development in women’s artistic gymnastics
ByRoslyn Kerr

chapter 12|13 pages

Using a multilevel model to critically examine the grooming process of emotional abusive practices in women’s artistic gymnastics

ByFroukje Smits, Frank Jacobs, Annelies Knoppers

chapter 13|13 pages

A figurational approach to women’s artistic gymnastics

ByClaudia Pinheiro, Nuno Pimenta

chapter 14|15 pages

Navigating sports medical practice in women’s artistic gymnastics

A socio-cultural analysis
ByAstrid Schubring, Natalie Barker-Ruchti

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion

ByRoslyn Kerr, Natalie Barker-Ruchti, Carly Stewart, Gretchen Kerr
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