Motherhood and Sport - Collective Stories of Identity and Difference (Hardcover)

Brings forward contemporary rigorous qualitative research approaches to explore sport and motherhood Addresses a significant 'gap' in the market by providing a resource to support researchers interested in exploring the women, sport and culture nexus - within the context of motherhood Synthesizes knowledge concerning how sport affords and/or constrains women's agency to devise, negotiate and live alternative versions of motherhood in and through sport Provides a resource of empirical examples that show the role of sport in women's identities and lives, against the backdrop of contemporary sport and gendered discourses