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Carte Red Nails, Black Skates Erica Rand

Red Nails, Black Skates

Gender, Cash, and Pleasure on and off the Ice

Autor: Erica Rand
Limbă: engleză
Legare: Carte broșată
Editura: Duke University Press
Disponibilitate: În depozitul extern
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200.12 lei
In her forties, Erica Rand bought a pair of figure skates to vary her workout routine. Within a few...

Informații despre carte

Autor
Erica Rand
Limbă
engleză
Legare
Carte - Carte broșată
Publicat
2012
Pagini
320
EAN
9780822352082
ISBN
0822352087
Enbook ID
04939525
Editura
Duke University Press
Greutate
508
Dimensiuni
153 x 226 x 22

Descriere completă

In her forties, Erica Rand bought a pair of figure skates to vary her workout routine. Within a few years, the college professor was immersed in adult figure skating. Here, in short, incisive essays, she describes the pleasures to be found in the rink and the exclusionary practices that make those pleasures more accessible to some than to others. Throughout the book, Rand situates herself as a queer femme, describing her mixed feelings about participating in a sport with heterosexual storylines and rigid standards about gender appropriate costumes and moves. She chronicles her experiences competing in the Gay Games and U.S. Figure Skating's annual competition "Adult Nationals." Aided by her comparative study of roller derby and women's hockey, including a brief attempt to play hockey, she addresses matters such as skate colour conventions, judging systems, racial and sexual norms, transgender issues in sports, and the economics of athletic participation and risk-taking. Mixing sharp critique with genuine appreciation and delight, Rand suggests ways to make figure skating more inclusive, while portraying the unlikely friendships facilitated by sports and the sheer elation of gliding on ice.

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