Justen Hamilton
Biographic Data
| ID | 4210906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Justen Hamilton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Justen |
| FAMILY NAME | Hamilton |
| SIGNATURE | HAMILTON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Riverside |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4230-0266 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Breaking Barriers? Examining Neoliberal-Postfeminist Empowerment in Women's Mixed Martial Arts
This article problematizes claims of women's empowerment in 'masculine' sports through an exploration of women's participation in mixed martial arts (MMA)-a combat sport colloquially referred to as 'cage fighting.' MMA, perhaps more than any other sport, allows women athletes to challenge patriarchal beliefs about gender by demonstrating women's capacity for physical violence and domination. But whereas investigations into MMA have produced impor…
Undoing Gender or Overdoing Gender? Women MMA Athletes’ Intimate Partnering and the Relational Maintenance of Femininity
Recent scholarship suggests that women in martial arts and combat sports have increasingly begun to undo gender by challenging gender norms and constructing new femininities. Most of this research, however, has focused on gender dynamics within martial arts and combat sports settings, rather than outside of them. For this study, I conducted semistructured interviews with 40 professional women’s mixed martial arts athletes to examine the extent to…
Breaking Barriers? Examining Neoliberal-Postfeminist Empowerment in Women's Mixed Martial Arts
This article problematizes claims of women's empowerment in 'masculine' sports through an exploration of women's participation in mixed martial arts (MMA)-a combat sport colloquially referred to as 'cage fighting.' MMA, perhaps more than any other sport, allows women athletes to challenge patriarchal beliefs about gender by demonstrating women's capacity for physical violence and domination. But whereas investigations into MMA have produced impor…
Undoing Gender or Overdoing Gender? Women MMA Athletes’ Intimate Partnering and the Relational Maintenance of Femininity
Recent scholarship suggests that women in martial arts and combat sports have increasingly begun to undo gender by challenging gender norms and constructing new femininities. Most of this research, however, has focused on gender dynamics within martial arts and combat sports settings, rather than outside of them. For this study, I conducted semistructured interviews with 40 professional women’s mixed martial arts athletes to examine the extent to…
Undoing Gender or Overdoing Gender? Women MMA Athletes’ Intimate Partnering and the Relational Maintenance of Femininity
Recent scholarship suggests that women in martial arts and combat sports have increasingly begun to undo gender by challenging gender norms and constructing new femininities. Most of this research, however, has focused on gender dynamics within martial arts and combat sports settings, rather than outside of them. For this study, I conducted semistructured interviews with 40 professional women’s mixed martial arts athletes to examine the extent to…
Breaking Barriers? Examining Neoliberal-Postfeminist Empowerment in Women's Mixed Martial Arts
This article problematizes claims of women's empowerment in 'masculine' sports through an exploration of women's participation in mixed martial arts (MMA)-a combat sport colloquially referred to as 'cage fighting.' MMA, perhaps more than any other sport, allows women athletes to challenge patriarchal beliefs about gender by demonstrating women's capacity for physical violence and domination. But whereas investigations into MMA have produced impor…
Art (2 works) · Athletes (2 works) · Doping in Sports (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Martial arts (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (2 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Empowerment (1 work)