Real Women Run

Running as Feminist Embodiment

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
Cover of the book Real Women Run by Sandra L. Faulkner, Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sandra L. Faulkner ISBN: 9781315437835
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: January 17, 2018
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Sandra L. Faulkner
ISBN: 9781315437835
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: January 17, 2018
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Real Women Run is an innovative feminist ethnography that consists of a series of linked essays and presentations about women who run at the intersections of queer, feminist, and running identities. Faulkner uses feminist grounded theory, poetic inquiry, and qualitative content analysis to examine women’s embodied stories of running: how they run, how running fits into the context of their lives and relationships, how they enact or challenge cultural scripts of women’s activities and normative running bodies, and what running means for their lives and identities. During a two-and-a-half-year ethnography with women who run, Faulkner engaged in an intersectional qualitative content analysis of websites and blogs targeted to women runners, a grounded theory poetic analysis of 41 interviews with women who run, and participant observation at road races.

Real Women Run speaks to the call for a more physical feminism. This ethnography sees women’s physical and mental strength developed through running as a way to embrace the contradictions between a deconstructed focus on the mind/body split and the focus on individuals’ actual material bodies and their everyday interactions with their bodies and through their bodies with the world around them.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Real Women Run is an innovative feminist ethnography that consists of a series of linked essays and presentations about women who run at the intersections of queer, feminist, and running identities. Faulkner uses feminist grounded theory, poetic inquiry, and qualitative content analysis to examine women’s embodied stories of running: how they run, how running fits into the context of their lives and relationships, how they enact or challenge cultural scripts of women’s activities and normative running bodies, and what running means for their lives and identities. During a two-and-a-half-year ethnography with women who run, Faulkner engaged in an intersectional qualitative content analysis of websites and blogs targeted to women runners, a grounded theory poetic analysis of 41 interviews with women who run, and participant observation at road races.

Real Women Run speaks to the call for a more physical feminism. This ethnography sees women’s physical and mental strength developed through running as a way to embrace the contradictions between a deconstructed focus on the mind/body split and the focus on individuals’ actual material bodies and their everyday interactions with their bodies and through their bodies with the world around them.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Textual Practice by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book Securing Land Rights in Africa by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book International Handbook of Media Literacy Education by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book Word Play by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book Language as a Local Practice by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book West Germany (RLE: German Politics) by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book Politics and the Individual in France 1930-1950 by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book The Spirituality of Anorexia by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book Design Thinking for Digital Well-being by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book Perspectives on Supervision by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book Rethinking Juan Rulfo's Creative World by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book Factors in Economic Development by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book The Aliveness of Plants by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book The Extreme Right in France by Sandra L. Faulkner
Cover of the book Psychology and Work Today by Sandra L. Faulkner
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy