Feminist Applied Sport Psychology: From Theory to Practice

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	How this book is organized
	References
SECTION I: Feminist applied sport psychology
	1. What is feminism?: Where have we been and where are we going?
		Who are feminist icons?
		Feminism as a movement
		Continuing to combat post-feminism into the future
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection Question
		Note
		References
	2. History of feminist sport psychology
		Introduction: history of feminist sport psychology?
		Feminism – a brief historical view
		Themes for feminist sport psychology
		Feminist sport psychology: early history
		Moving toward feminist sport psychology: 1960s–1980s
		Feminism and sport psychology in the twenty-first century –
scholarship and practice
		Moving toward social justice
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection question
		References
	3. Yes, I am a feminist: My interwoven journey in sport and feminism
		My journey to feminism
		Recommendations for Embracing Feminism
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection question
		References
	4. Feminist sport psychology ethics
		Introduction
		What are ethics?
		Consulting and activism
		Relationships and care
		Practical Suggestions for Consulting:
		Research
		Critiquing the neutrality of “science”
		Reflexivity
		Praxis
		Teaching
		Conclusion
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection question
		References
	5. Feminist and sport research methods
		Introduction
		What is feminist research?
		Epistemology, methods, and methodology
		Feminist methods
		Feminist research in sport psychology
		Conclusions
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection question
		References
SECTION II: More than gender
	6. Black feminist thought: Contextualizing black women’s sporting experiences
		Theoretical framework: black feminist thought and beyond
		Intersectional stereotypes and black femininity
		A deeper dive: situating black women’s sporting experiences within a larger context
		Femininity
		Whiteness
		Conclusion
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection question
		References
	7. Race, class and gender: Intersectionality in sport
		Who am I and where am I in all of this?
		Operational definitions
		Sport in North America
		Minority female participation in sport and physical activity
		Race colors the opportunities and experiences
		Class is in session
		Addressing the disparities
		White fragility
		Diversity is an action word
		Conclusion
		Discussion question
		Reflection question
		References
	8. Mandating intersectionality in sport psychology: Centering LGBTQ women of color athletes
		Historical and contemporary notions of sex, gender, and sexuality
		Creating space: the beginnings of an inclusive athletic arena
		Intersectionality defined
		Intersectionality in feminist sport psychology
		Application to sport psychology practice
		What does an intersectional sport psychology lens look like?
		Final thoughts and strategies
		Conclusion
		References
SECTION III: Essays on practice and research
	9. “Is this where we tell our stories?”: Exploring black women’s health experiences through storytelling
		My stories: what brought me to Black women’s health research
		“Is this where we tell our stories”
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection questions
		References
	10. Asian Americans: The other white meat? Vacillating identities and Asian American women in sport
		Complicating Asian – or the wages of almost whiteness
		We have to talk about “Asian American”
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection question
		References
	11. A story of partnership built on indigenous and feminist epistemologies and community-based participatory research
		Theoretical background
		Building relations
		Research design and methods
		Maintaining a reciprocal relationship
		Results and social change
		Key terms
		Discussion question
		Reflection questions
		References
	12. A life of paradoxes: Transwomen of color in sport
		Understanding terms related to transwomen of color in sport
		Understanding the oppressive experiences of transwomen of color in sport
		Oppression exemplified in the lived experiences of Fallon Fox
		Recommendations for empowering transwomen of color in sport
		Discussion questions
		Reflection question
		References
	13. This girl can fight
		Being coached by a man
		Muslim women and fight sports
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection question
		References
	14. Women of color in the box: Safe spaces in CrossFit and HIIT
		Women of color and
		Sociocultural factors to physical activity engagement
		History of CrossFit
		Intersectionality and CrossFit
		Conversations with women of color in CrossFit
		Recommendations for practice
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection questions
		References
	15. Teaching as transgression: The meta-autoethnography of a fat, disabled, brown kinesiology professor
		Calling out kinesiology and being complicit: reflections on my earliest autoethnography
		Coming out as disabled and becoming disabled: Lauren’s autoethnography 2.0
		When strategies no longer work
		Training the inner eyes
		Key terms
		Discussion question
		Reflection questions
		References
	16. Healing old wounds and imagining new futures: Feminist reflections from a straight, white cisman in sport psychology
		My rationale for feminist sport psychology
		My feminist praxis
		Conclusions
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection questions
		References
	17. The unintentional femini
		Identity
		Multicultural theory (MCT)
		Social justice
		Feminism revisited
		Final thoughts
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection questions
		References
	18. Recognizing I’m the elephant in the room: Whiteness, feminism, and working with women of color
		White sport feminism
		Bursting my bubble
		The challenges I encountered
		Implications for practice
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection question
		References
	19. Breaking stereotypes and barriers to working with Muslim and women of color
		Latisha
		Heather
		Key terms
		Discussion questions
		Reflection questions
		References
	20. Doing feminist sport psychology: A call to action
		When systems fail: our role as feminists
		Just being all in: multicultural and intersectional feminism
		Centering indigenous people and research
		A call to action
		Conclusion
		Key terms
		Discussion question
		Reflection question
		References
Index