Tag: Kristi Tredway
The history of women’s tennis from Trailblazers to Throwbacks
Analyzing the key players and political moments in women’s professional tennis since 1968, Kristi Tredway’s Social Activism in Women’s Tennis (Routledge) explores the historical lineage of social activism within women’s tennis and the issues, expressions, risks, and effects associated with each cohort of players. Our reviewer, Norwegian sports scholar Solveig Straume, finds Tredway’s study highly interesting and enlightening, and – although at times overly academic – recommends it for people that are interested in sport and society as well as feminist theories and history.
The sport of tennis – constantly in the frontline of sport history
Five hundred pages, forty-five chapters, forty-nine authors – the Routledge Handbook of Tennis: History, Culture and Politics is a veritable treasure trove for academic tennis aficionados. Edited by renowned tennis historian Robert J. Lake, the volume elicited numerous unsolicited enthusiastic exclamations of appreciation and joy from our reviewer, renowned historian of Swedish tennis Johnny Wijk. Actually, his only complaint was the glaring paucity of Swedish tennis.
Spänstig bok med uppfriskande ingångar
Kim Toffoletti, Holly Thorpe och Jessica Francombe-Webb är redaktörer för antologin New Sporting Femininities: Embodied Politics in Postfeminist Times (Palgrave Macmillan), som enligt vår recensent Karin Lindelöf lyfter många angelägna frågor utifrån ambitionen att studera postfeminism som analytisk kategori i relation till fysiskt aktiva och idrottande femininiteter av skilda slag.
