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...
| Published in: | New anthropologies of Europe |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
New York
Oxford
[2023]
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| In: |
New anthropologies of Europe (volume 5)
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| Series/Journal: | New anthropologies of Europe
volume 5 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Netherlands
/ Kickboxing
/ Muslim woman
/ Identity search
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| 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 Sports Religious aspects Islam 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) |
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| Summary: | "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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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1800736894 |