Exploring the emotional geography of the leisure time physical activity space with mothers of young children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11436614 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wesley O’brien (0000-0002-5104-9141, Griffith University, corresponding author), Wendy O’brien (Griffith University), Kathy Lloyd (Griffith University), Caroline Riot (0000-0002-3991-7233, Griffith University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 220-230 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leisure Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-4367 • E-ISSN: 1466-4496 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02614367.2016.1203353 |
| OpenAlex | W2461574214 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 33 |
Many women experience the transition to motherhood as a disconnection from the embodied and emotional self due to the demands articulated through contemporary discourses of motherhood. Using a qualitative approach, this paper explores the everyday emotional geographies of leisure time physical activity (LTPA), the emotions experienced, the physical and metaphorical spaces created, and the connections to embodied selves of mothers with young children. The findings indicate that despite discourses of intensive mothering, immobilising emotions and overwhelming tiredness, some women not only created a space for LTPA in their busy lives but were able to create connections between body, space and emotions. These connections and the emotions evoked were largely associated with spaces outside of the home. Understanding how women define and use these spaces, and negotiate and transform the self, can allow us to explore the diversity of women’s experiences of physical activity and their concepts of LTPA as ‘personal space’
Developmental psychology · Disconnection · Diversity (politics · Embodied cognition · Emotion work · Epistemology · Everyday life · Negotiation · Social science · Sociology · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Psychology · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Social Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
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Negotiating intensive mothering and the gendered politics of active leisure among first time mothers in Canada
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‘I can’t say we focus on the mom’
Women moving forward in pictures
Caregiving mobilities
Walking as socio-material micro-structures for new parents
The Family Is My Priority
Adopting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle in low SES families
Resistance and Mothers’ Experiences in Postnatal Team Sport
(Re)Storying embodied running and motherhood
Examining ideology and agency within intensive motherhood literature
Motherhood in leisure time
Affective atmospheres in children’s museum experiences
The baby group
Generational analysis of leisure time physical activity participation of women in Turkey
Emotions and leisure
The role of health beliefs in moderating the relationship between leisure participation and wellbeing among older Chinese adults
Physical activity and the pressures of ‘good’ motherhood
Geographies of awkward encounters
Mum works non-stop dad talks non-stop
Sit Yourself Down
Reciprocal relationships between time pressure and mental or physical health in Australian mothers of preschool aged children
Leisure and Feminist Theory
Beyond the Ideology of Motherhood
Judith Butler
Self-Transformations
Gender Trouble
Managing Motherhood
Mothering, Guilt and Shame
She Gives Birth, She's Wearing a Bikini
Mothers governing family health
Women and Leisure
Children's engagement in leisure time physical activity
Characterizing constraints of leisure
From ‘just a swimmer’ to a ‘swimming mother’
New cultural geographies
Sexy spaces
Motherhood, stress and the exercise experience
Leisure Practices as Counter-Depressants
Determinants of Leisure Time Physical Activity Participation Among Latina Women
Mothers with young children
Perceived Constraints and Social Support for Active Leisure Among Mothers With Young Children
Narrating the Multiplicity of ‘Derby Grrrl’
Instrumental routes to emotional geographies
Governing the healthy body
Embodying emotion sensing space
Mapping reflexive communities
Getting your Body Back
Acts of Love (and Work)
| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |