Gerald Gems
Biographic Data
| ID | 2767552 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald Gems |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald |
| FAMILY NAME | Gems |
| SIGNATURE | GEMS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Central College, Illinois |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Women Boxers
This article fills a gap in the very limited literature on women's boxing by examining the gendered space in which women engaged in the sport as participants in saloons, vaudeville theatres and the prize ring. In doing so, they challenged the contemporary gender order and disputed the notion of women as the weak sex. Vaudeville provided women with an opportunity to present physical performances that surpassed the restrictions placed on women with…
The German Turners and the Taming of Radicalism in Chicago [1]
The German Turner movement, a nationalistic gymnastic enterprise, migrated to the United States in the aftermath of the failed revolution of 1848. It quickly took hold in American cities with sizable German populations. Many German Turners espoused liberal philosophies, including Marxist, socialist and anarchist sympathies in their political views. They assumed leadership roles in politics, education and the labour movement; but those radical sym…
The Athlete as Trickster
This study invokes hegemony theory to analyze the role and uses of sport as a means to resist dominant group pressures and the adaptation of sporting practices to subordinate groups' needs. The study draws upon literary and anthropological works that support the role of the trickster as a resistive, even manipulative figure, who fulfills both instructive and psychological needs for particular subordinate groups
Women Boxers
This article fills a gap in the very limited literature on women's boxing by examining the gendered space in which women engaged in the sport as participants in saloons, vaudeville theatres and the prize ring. In doing so, they challenged the contemporary gender order and disputed the notion of women as the weak sex. Vaudeville provided women with an opportunity to present physical performances that surpassed the restrictions placed on women with…
The German Turners and the Taming of Radicalism in Chicago [1]
The German Turner movement, a nationalistic gymnastic enterprise, migrated to the United States in the aftermath of the failed revolution of 1848. It quickly took hold in American cities with sizable German populations. Many German Turners espoused liberal philosophies, including Marxist, socialist and anarchist sympathies in their political views. They assumed leadership roles in politics, education and the labour movement; but those radical sym…
The Athlete as Trickster
This study invokes hegemony theory to analyze the role and uses of sport as a means to resist dominant group pressures and the adaptation of sporting practices to subordinate groups' needs. The study draws upon literary and anthropological works that support the role of the trickster as a resistive, even manipulative figure, who fulfills both instructive and psychological needs for particular subordinate groups
The German Turners and the Taming of Radicalism in Chicago [1]
The German Turner movement, a nationalistic gymnastic enterprise, migrated to the United States in the aftermath of the failed revolution of 1848. It quickly took hold in American cities with sizable German populations. Many German Turners espoused liberal philosophies, including Marxist, socialist and anarchist sympathies in their political views. They assumed leadership roles in politics, education and the labour movement; but those radical sym…
Women Boxers
This article fills a gap in the very limited literature on women's boxing by examining the gendered space in which women engaged in the sport as participants in saloons, vaudeville theatres and the prize ring. In doing so, they challenged the contemporary gender order and disputed the notion of women as the weak sex. Vaudeville provided women with an opportunity to present physical performances that surpassed the restrictions placed on women with…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (3 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Mainstream (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)