Titre : | Women, Horse Sports and Liberation : Equestrianism and Britain from the 18th to the 20th centuries |
Auteurs : | Erica Munkwitz |
Type de document : | texte imprimé |
Editeur : | London & new York : Routledge : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-367-20950-6 |
Format : | 319 p. |
Note générale : | index |
Langues: | Anglais |
Classement équitation : | 180 |
Mots-clés : |
Equivoc Chasse À Courre ; Époque Contemporaine (XIXe-XXIe) ; Époque Moderne (XVIe-XVIIIe) ; Équitation et sports équestres ; Évolution De L'Équitation ; Femme ; Grande-Bretagne ; Inde ; Monte En Amazone ; Première Guerre Mondiale |
Résumé : | "This book is the first, full-length scholarly examination of British women's involvement in equestrianism from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries, as well as the corresponding transformations of gender, class, sport, and national identity in Britain and its Empire. It argues that women's participation in horse sports transcended limitations of class and gender in Britain and highlights the shockingly democratic forbearance that allowed anyone skilled enough to ride and hunt - from chimney-sweep to courtesan. Furthermore, women's involvement in equestrianism revolutionized ideals of race and shaped imperial ideology at the zenith of the British Empire. Here, British women abandoned the sidesaddle - which they had been riding in for almost half a millennium - to ride astride like men, thus gaining complete equality on horseback if not elsewhere. Yet equestrians did not seek further emancipation in the form of political rights. This paradox - of achieving equality through sport but not through politics - shows how emancipatory sport was for women into the twentieth century. It brings into question what "emancipation" meant in practice to women in Britain from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries. This is fascinating reading for scholars of sports history, British history and imperial history, as well as those interested in the broader social, gender, and political histories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and for all equestrian enthusiasts"-- |
Note de contenu : |
Introduction : The Development of Horsemanship, Gender Construction, and National Identity in Britain
1 Ladies Hunting, and the Sporting Revolution in Britain, 1772-1825 2 Horseback Riding as Exercise and Female Accomplishment, 1805-1857 3 Fox Hunting and Sporting Emancipation for Women, 1857-1913 4 Horse Sports, Imperial Ideology, and Gender Construction in British India, 1850-1913 5 Feminity, Sporting Equality, and Riding Astride in Britain Before and After the First World War, 1894-1932 Conclusion : Equestrianism, Feminism, and the Olympic Games, 1932-1956 |
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