Global Perspectives on Women in Combat Sports Women Warriors around

This volume offers a wide-reaching overview of current academic research on women's participation in combat sports within a range of different national and trans-national contexts, detailing many of the struggles and opportunities experienced by women at

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eter Millward THE GLOBAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Holly Thorpe SNOWBOARDING BODIES IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Jonathan Long and Karl Spacklen (editors) SPORT AND CHALLENGES TO RACISM John Harris RUGBY UNION AND GLOBALIZATION An Odd-Shaped World Pirkko Markula (editor) OLYMPIC WOMEN AND THE MEDIA International Perspectives Roger Levermore and Aaron Beacom (editors) SPORT AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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Global Perspectives on Women in Combat Sports Women Warriors around the World Edited by

Alex Channon University of Greenwich, UK

Christopher R. Matthews University of Brighton, UK

Selection, introduction and editorial content © Alex Channon and Christopher R. Matthews 2015 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2015 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-56203-9 ISBN 978-1-137-43936-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137439369 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Global perspectives on women in combat sports : women warriors around the world / edited by Alex