Writing Resistance in Roller Derby

Making the Case for Auto/Ethnographic Writing in Feminist Leisure Research

Bibliographic Data

ID10138912
AuthorsAdele Pavlidis (0000-0002-9218-6572, Griffith University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume45
Issue5
Pages661-676
Publication date2013-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Leisure Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2216 • E-ISSN: 2159-6417
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.18666/jlr-2013-v45-i5-4368
OpenAlexW10955407
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited54

As an emerging researcher working in the field of leisure studies, I explore auto/ethnographic writing as a valuable methodological approach. Focusing on contemporary roller derby in the Australian context I grapple with the complexities of “resistance” within this women-centred sport, privileging affect as surfaced through the research process and writing. This article explores the possibilities inherent in research that makes visible the paradoxes and ambiguities of resistance in leisure. Shame and hurt—although uncomfortable for the researcher and perhaps for the reader—are important affects to incorporate into feminist analyses if we are to continue to explore new questions, and identify ways to theorise the complexity of gender power relations as they are embodied in leisure

Aesthetics · Affect (linguistics · Art · Context (archaeology · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ethnography · Field (mathematics · Media studies · Power (physics · Resistance (ecology · Shame · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Communication · Gender Studies · History · Psychology · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society