Georgia Cervin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4273392 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Georgia Cervin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Georgia |
| FAMILY NAME | Cervin |
| SIGNATURE | CERVIN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Western Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3679-2500 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Athlete A
Netflix released Athlete A on June 24, 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic. With COVID-19 restrictions leaving many stuck at home, the documentary was released to an audience eager to consume anything new on their streaming devices. But this is not the only reason for the film’s astounding impact. The film came out after four years of reporting of sexual assault by the American gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, yet many still had unanswere…
The Role of Setting in the Field
The last decade has seen an increase in the age of elite women's gymnasts. This article examines the older gymnastic body within the field of elite women's gymnastics, and how gymnasts, over the age of 20, and their coaches and judges, reconstruct the field in interview accounts. While participants contested the value of differently aged and sized bodies, they also made distinctions between the capitals that were valuable in different settings su…
Gymnastics’ centre of gravity
Founded as the Bureau Des Fédérations Européennes De Gymnastique in 1881, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) was officially created in 1922. However, despite having over 100 national associations affiliated by the end of the twentieth century, it was dominated by Europeans until relatively recently. In particular, the former communist bloc of Eastern Europe had a particular hold on gymnastics from the 1950s onwards. This article uses t…
Growing up and speaking out
This research examines the experiences of ‘older’ elite gymnasts competing in Women's Artistic Gymnastics in Australia, through the framework of athlete rights. Using a qualitative approach interviews were conducted with elite or former elite gymnasts who were at least 20 years old during their active career, and coaches and judges who worked with such athletes. This paper focuses on three key themes that emerged from the data. First was the rela…
An Ironic Imbalance
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) is a sport designed specifically for women. With roots in ballet, calisthenics and eugenics, it was meant to showcase femininity, beauty, and encourage healthy bodies for motherhood, therefore offering socially acceptable sporting opportunities for females. This paper considers whether such sporting opportunities extended to female coaches. We examine the recruitment patterns in relation to gender of some of the …
Gymnasts are Not Merely Circus Phenomena
Previous studies have discussed how the 1970s saw Women's Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) evolve from its old, balletic traditions into a new, more acrobatic sport. Based on archival sources examined for the first time, this paper takes a broader view of governance in WAG to explore why it developed as it did. Within the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), it identifies improvements to the apparatus and the new difficulty requirements as fa…
An Ironic Imbalance
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) is a sport designed specifically for women. With roots in ballet, calisthenics and eugenics, it was meant to showcase femininity, beauty, and encourage healthy bodies for motherhood, therefore offering socially acceptable sporting opportunities for females. This paper considers whether such sporting opportunities extended to female coaches. We examine the recruitment patterns in relation to gender of some of the …
Gymnasts are Not Merely Circus Phenomena
Previous studies have discussed how the 1970s saw Women's Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) evolve from its old, balletic traditions into a new, more acrobatic sport. Based on archival sources examined for the first time, this paper takes a broader view of governance in WAG to explore why it developed as it did. Within the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), it identifies improvements to the apparatus and the new difficulty requirements as fa…
The Role of Setting in the Field
The last decade has seen an increase in the age of elite women's gymnasts. This article examines the older gymnastic body within the field of elite women's gymnastics, and how gymnasts, over the age of 20, and their coaches and judges, reconstruct the field in interview accounts. While participants contested the value of differently aged and sized bodies, they also made distinctions between the capitals that were valuable in different settings su…
Gymnastics’ centre of gravity
Founded as the Bureau Des Fédérations Européennes De Gymnastique in 1881, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) was officially created in 1922. However, despite having over 100 national associations affiliated by the end of the twentieth century, it was dominated by Europeans until relatively recently. In particular, the former communist bloc of Eastern Europe had a particular hold on gymnastics from the 1950s onwards. This article uses t…
Growing up and speaking out
This research examines the experiences of ‘older’ elite gymnasts competing in Women's Artistic Gymnastics in Australia, through the framework of athlete rights. Using a qualitative approach interviews were conducted with elite or former elite gymnasts who were at least 20 years old during their active career, and coaches and judges who worked with such athletes. This paper focuses on three key themes that emerged from the data. First was the rela…
Gymnasts are Not Merely Circus Phenomena
Previous studies have discussed how the 1970s saw Women's Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) evolve from its old, balletic traditions into a new, more acrobatic sport. Based on archival sources examined for the first time, this paper takes a broader view of governance in WAG to explore why it developed as it did. Within the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), it identifies improvements to the apparatus and the new difficulty requirements as fa…
An Ironic Imbalance
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) is a sport designed specifically for women. With roots in ballet, calisthenics and eugenics, it was meant to showcase femininity, beauty, and encourage healthy bodies for motherhood, therefore offering socially acceptable sporting opportunities for females. This paper considers whether such sporting opportunities extended to female coaches. We examine the recruitment patterns in relation to gender of some of the …
Gymnastics’ centre of gravity
Founded as the Bureau Des Fédérations Européennes De Gymnastique in 1881, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) was officially created in 1922. However, despite having over 100 national associations affiliated by the end of the twentieth century, it was dominated by Europeans until relatively recently. In particular, the former communist bloc of Eastern Europe had a particular hold on gymnastics from the 1950s onwards. This article uses t…
Growing up and speaking out
This research examines the experiences of ‘older’ elite gymnasts competing in Women's Artistic Gymnastics in Australia, through the framework of athlete rights. Using a qualitative approach interviews were conducted with elite or former elite gymnasts who were at least 20 years old during their active career, and coaches and judges who worked with such athletes. This paper focuses on three key themes that emerged from the data. First was the rela…
The Role of Setting in the Field
The last decade has seen an increase in the age of elite women's gymnasts. This article examines the older gymnastic body within the field of elite women's gymnastics, and how gymnasts, over the age of 20, and their coaches and judges, reconstruct the field in interview accounts. While participants contested the value of differently aged and sized bodies, they also made distinctions between the capitals that were valuable in different settings su…
Athlete A
Netflix released Athlete A on June 24, 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic. With COVID-19 restrictions leaving many stuck at home, the documentary was released to an audience eager to consume anything new on their streaming devices. But this is not the only reason for the film’s astounding impact. The film came out after four years of reporting of sexual assault by the American gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, yet many still had unanswere…
Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (6 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)