Punching back: gender, religion and belonging in women-only kickboxing

"In the Netherlands, girls and young women are increasingly active in women-only kickboxing. The general assumption, in the Netherlands and in western Europe more broadly, is that women's sport is a form of secular, feminist empowerment. Muslim women's participation would then exempli...

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主要作者: Rana, Jasmijn (Author)
格式: Print 图书
语言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: New York Oxford [2023]
In: New anthropologies of Europe (volume 5)
Year: 2023
丛编:New anthropologies of Europe volume 5
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Niederlande / Kickboxen / 女穆斯林 / 身份探索
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
BJ Islam
KBD Benelux countries
Further subjects:B Kickboxing (Netherlands)
B Muslim Women Conduct of life
B Self-realization in women Moral and ethical aspects
B Sports for women Social aspects (Netherlands)
B Women martial artists (Netherlands)
B Sports Religious aspects 伊斯兰教
B Sports and state (Netherlands)
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总结:"In the Netherlands, girls and young women are increasingly active in women-only kickboxing. The general assumption, in the Netherlands and in western Europe more broadly, is that women's sport is a form of secular, feminist empowerment. Muslim women's participation would then exemplify the incongruence of Islam with the modern, secular nation-state. Punching Back provides a detailed ethnographic study that contests this view by showing that young Muslim women who kickbox establish agentive selves by playing with gender norms, challenging expectations, and living out their religious subjectivities"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
实物描述:ix, 169 Seiten
ISBN:978-1-80073-689-4