The unladylike ladies of roller derby? : how spectators, players and derby wives do and redo gender and heteronormativity in all-female roller derby

All-female roller derby is a rapidly growing full-contact sport played on quad roller skates, with a highly popularized punk, feminine, sexual and tough aesthetic. Utilising theories on the institution of heterosexuality, I conducted a qualitative study on all-female roller derby which evaluated the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murray, Megan Geneva
Other Authors: Jackson, Stevi
Published: University of York 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.556467