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Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
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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
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
chapter 3|16 pages
The commercialisation of women’s artistic gymnastics since the 1980s
chapter 4|14 pages
Diversification of women’s artistic gymnastics since the fall of Communism
part Part II|51 pages
The gymnast experience
chapter 5|12 pages
Living with stories of gymnastics in higher education
chapter 6|18 pages
Media narratives of gymnasts’ abusive experiences
chapter 7|17 pages
Trampoline gymnasts’ body narratives of the leotard
part Part III|56 pages
Coach-athlete relationships
chapter 8|22 pages
Power in coach-athlete relationships
chapter 9|15 pages
When the coach-athlete relationship influences vulnerability to sexual abuse of women’s artistic gymnasts
chapter 10|15 pages
Critical reflections on (adult) coach-(child) athlete ‘no touch’ discourses in women’s artistic gymnastics
part Part IV|62 pages
The multiple actors involved in creating an elite gymnast