The Power and Joy of Derby: Women’s Participation, Empowerment, and Transformation in a Flat-Track Roller Derby Team
In what ways do sports make a difference in the lives of the people who play them? In this paper, we employ a sporting feminist perspective to answer this question and detail how women benefit from the sport of roller derby. Our analyses are structured around the themes of the body (exploring exampl...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
2015-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Feminist Scholarship |
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Online Access: | http://www.jfsonline.org/issue9/articles/paulblank/ |