Preparation and determination

Three Vignettes of Gendered Leisure

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3628057
AutoresSamantha Holland (0000-0002-9754-4877, Leeds Beckett University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen18
Número1
Páginas35-45
Fecha de publicación2009-03-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Gender Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0958-9236 • E-ISSN: 1465-3869
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09589230802584246
OpenAlexW2102015552
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas23

This paper examines the leisure narratives of three individual women who attended pole dancing classes once a week in a city in the North of England. The research was based on participant observation of pole dancing classes and individual interviews with 15 women, nine of whom were students and six were teachers. This paper uses the pole exercise classes as a departure point for an examination of how the women negotiated the time and cost, and how they motivated themselves to continue attending despite various difficulties which they faced such as childcare, pressures of work, unsupportive partners, or just general lethargy. A key part of the overall experience was the sense of achievement that they managed to attend at all. What added to the enjoyment of the experience was the sense of triumph that, yet again, they had overcome the odds and managed to attend, illustrating that for the women who somehow endeavour to find a way to attend, ‘finding a way’ is itself part of the pleasure

Narrative · Odds · Pleasure · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts

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