This edited collection critically explores new and emerging models of female athleticism in an
era characterised as postfeminist. It approaches postfeminism through a critical lens to
investigate new forms of politics being practised by women in physical activity sport and
online spaces at the intersections of gender ethnicity sexuality and ability. New Sporting
Femininities features chapters on celebrity athletes such as Serena Williams and Ronda Rousey
alongside studies of the online fitspo movement and women¿s growing participation in activities
like roller derby skateboarding and football. In doing so it highlights key issues and
concerns facing diverse groups of women in a rapidly changing gender-sport landscape. This
collection sheds new light on the complex and often contradictory ways that women¿s athletic
participation is promoted experienced and embodied in the context of postfeminism commodity
feminism and emerging forms of popular feminism.
