Wilderness Women: Embodiment in Nature

Virginia Woolf makes clear in her book A Room of One's Own that "[A] woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write…." This statement extends to all endeavors by women, including sport. The gap between men and women's sports is not bridged by monetary compensation. The domination of women exists in conceptual ideals and how those are expressed through our roles in this world. I use Val Plumwood's ecological feminist theory to expose the blatant masculinity imposed upon sport. I shall argue that sport is an arena of constant struggle over basic social conceptions of men and women. My endeavor is to implore traditionally masculine territory, and show sport as the domain of no single gender, but a field of simplicity and cooperation.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2000

Author dc:creator

• Cordell, Tami

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hargrove, Eugene C., 1944-
• Callicott, J. Baird
• Klaver, Irene

• Sports for women.
• Ecofeminism.
• masculinity
• Virginia Woolf
• women's sports
• ecological feminism

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Cordell, Tami
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 47266019
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2649/
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