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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Roller derby"”.
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Gender and Bodily Transformation in Women's Flat Track Roller Derby
… strength, and violence into the male body. Roller derby, which is a full-contact, highly physical sport, offers women the opportunity to renegotiate these stereotypical gendered and embodied ideas of gender. Drawing on bodily theory, contact sport, and self-defense literatures this study …
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How Media Frame Roller Derby Around the World in 20 Different Countries
… was conducted to analyze how media frame roller derby. The research included an analysis of newspaper articles published all around the world in 20 different nations from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2011, and different languages were considered. The research did not support previous …
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Motivational Differences in Why Sports Fans Attend Minor League Baseball and Roller Derby Events
… mainstream (Minor League baseball) and atypical (roller derby) fans. Eighty-one fans (40 Minor League baseball and 41 roller derby) completed an 8 question demographic survey, a 26-item Sport Fan Motivation Scale, a 7-item Sport Spectator Identification Scale, and a 10-item Sport Fan Exploratory …
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Pressure-Based Interaction Techniques for Supporting Feedback Strategies in Sports
… benefit from feedback. One such scenario is Roller Derby skating, a full contact sport played on quad roller skates. This thesis identifies the need for providing lap time performance information during skating and provides a detailed exploration of interaction design using pressure as an …