First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Ian Wellard is a Senior Research Fellow in the Sociology of Sport in the Centre for Physical Education Research, Canterbury Christ Church University. He is currently involved in a number projects related to physical education, the body and gender.

1. Introduction Ian Wellard 2. Physical Education, Physical Activity, Sport and Gender Dawn Penney 3. Embodied Identities: Boxing Masculinities Kath Woodward 4. Girls, Bodies and Pain: Negotiating the Body in Ballet Angela Pickard 5. Being 'Able' in a Performative Culture: Physical Education's Contribution to a Healthy Interest in Sport? John Evans, Emma Rich, Rachel Allwood and Brian Davies 6. Inflexible Bodies and Minds: Exploring Gendered Limits in Contemporary Sport, Physical Education and Dance Ian Wellard 7. Gender and Secondary School NCPE: Change Alongside Continuity Ken Green, Andy Smith, Miranda Thurston and Kevin Lamb 8. (Hetero)sexy Waves: Surfing, Space, Gender and Sexuality Gordon Waitt 9. Sport, Well-Being and Gender Richard Bailey, Andrew Bloodworth and Mike McNamee