{"product_id":"collective-chaos-a-roller-derby-team-memoir-paperback-softback-9780804012423","title":"Collective Chaos; A Roller Derby Team Memoir (Paperback \/ softback) 9780804012423","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCollective Chaos\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Roller Derby Team Memoir\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSamantha Tucker (Author), Amy Spears (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780804012423\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 April 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.312 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Collective Chaos is an informative, witty, hilarious collision of all things roller derby. It has everything from a history of the sport to player profiles and even personal narrative. Samantha Tucker and Amy Spears have unique voices and an important message that anyone, regardless of skating experience, would benefit from reading.\" \"Collective Chaos is an informative, witty, hilarious collision of all things roller derby. It has everything from a history of the sport to player profiles and even personal narrative. Samantha Tucker and Amy Spears have unique voices and an important message that anyone, regardless of skating experience, would benefit from reading.\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA view into the continuing evolution of the niche-yet-global sport through the historical lens of Ohio Roller Derby, one of the founding leagues of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part sports autobiography, part cultural critique, this book offers the collective experience of a tenacious group of nontraditional athletes who play, officiate, plan, schedule, market, and manage the business of a (mostly) women's amateur sports team. \u003cbr\u003e This modern sport, with its alternative, punk rock culture, is often a place for those who've struggled within the mainstream. But even as the sport is often home for historically marginalized groups, such as the LGBTQ+ community, roller derby organizations and participants often mirror and experience the same inequities as those in the world surrounding them. In a full-contact, theatrical sport that some consider revolutionary, the authors show that gaining truly radical self-knowledge is an ongoing, difficult process that requires love, teamwork, discipline, critical consideration of one's local and global societies, and—above all else—one's place and action within them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Basics: What the Heck Is Roller Derby Anyway?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 These United Skates \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOhio Player Profile: The Tiny Dictator\u003cbr\u003e A Word from Amy Spears, Ohio Native\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 Small to Get Big\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOhio Player Profile: The Humbly Great\u003cbr\u003e A Word from Amy Spears, Slightly Famous in Roller Derby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 False Start\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOhio Player Profile: The Wizard\u003cbr\u003e A Word from Amy Spears, Roller Derby Historian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 Fresh Meat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOhio Player Profile: The Next Generation\u003cbr\u003e A Word from Amy Spears, Who Invented Roller Derby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5 Pivot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOhio Player Profile: The Mastermind\u003cbr\u003e A Word from Amy Spears, Married, Divorced, Remarried to Roller Derby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6 Mindful Jockdom\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOhio Player Profile: The Inspiration\u003cbr\u003e A Word from Amy Spears, Washed-Up Roller Derby Skater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7 O-H-I-O\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOhio Player Profile: The Force\u003cbr\u003e A Word from Amy Spears, Derby Lifer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8 Derby Veteran\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOhio Player Profile: The Forever Rookies\u003cbr\u003e A Word from Amy Spears: The Season That Never Happened\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e9 We Got Tired\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOhio Player Profile: Kegel’s Wife\u003cbr\u003e A Word from Amy Spears: Democracy and Protest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e10 Racism in Roller Derby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOhio Player Profile: A Word from Pain Train\u003cbr\u003e A Word from Amy Spears: Roller Derby in the Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Swallow Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52545960411416,"sku":"9780804012423","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/collective-chaos-a-roller-derby-team-memoir-paperback-softback-9780804012423","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}