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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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Serviço de pedido Subito: | Pedir agora. |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Publicado em: |
New York
Oxford
[2023]
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New anthropologies of Europe (volume 5)
Ano: 2023 |
| Coletânea / Revista: | New anthropologies of Europe
volume 5 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Niederlande
/ Kickboxing
/ Muçulmana
/ Busca da identidade
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| Classificações IxTheo: | AD Sociologia da religião AE Psicologia da religião BJ Islã KBD Benelux |
| Outras palavras-chave: | 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 and state (Netherlands) B Sports Religious aspects Islã |
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| Resumo: | "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"-- |
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| Descrição do item: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descrição Física: | ix, 169 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-80073-689-4 |
