Author(s): Adeele Pavlidis, and Wendy O’Brian
In: Journal of Sociology, Vol 53, No 3, 2017, pp. 704-719
The spread of contemporary roller derby presents an opportunity to examine the ways sport can act as a form of feminist intervention. This article draws on a qualitative case study of a roller derby league in China, made up predominantly of expatriate workers, to explore some of the possibilities roller derby presents in activating global forms of feminist participatory action.
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