Outstanding Research about Women and Sport in New Zealand

Authors: Camilla Obel, Toni Bruce and Shona Thompson (Editors)

Published: 2008

In a nation reportedly obsessed with sport, New Zealand sportswomen regularly make their mark on the world stage.

This collection of research about New Zealand women and sport, the first of its kind, acknowledges these outstanding achievements but also recognises that much remains outstanding in terms of achieving full equality.

Eleven chapters bring together the work of emerging and established researchers who explore women's experiences in sports as diverse as netball, snowboarding, rugby, bodybuilding, soccer, field hockey and rhythmic gymnastics.

Taken together, the research shows how our understandings of gender, age, ethnicity, nationalism, leadership and motherhood are reflected in and challenged by women's sporting experiences.

ISBN: 0-9582504-2-1