Description
Book SynopsisThrough stories about playing this full-contact, theatrical, and revolutionary sport, Collective Chaos shows the value of gaining a truly radical self-knowledge through teamwork, love, discipline, and critical consideration of our local and global societies and of our roles and responsibilities within them.
Trade Review“
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.” -- Gabe Montesanti, author of Brace for Impact: A Memoir
Table of ContentsIntroduction
The Basics: What the Heck Is Roller Derby Anyway?
1 These United Skates
Ohio Player Profile: The Tiny Dictator
A Word from Amy Spears, Ohio Native
2 Small to Get Big
Ohio Player Profile: The Humbly Great
A Word from Amy Spears, Slightly Famous in Roller Derby
3 False Start
Ohio Player Profile: The Wizard
A Word from Amy Spears, Roller Derby Historian
4 Fresh Meat
Ohio Player Profile: The Next Generation
A Word from Amy Spears, Who Invented Roller Derby
5 Pivot
Ohio Player Profile: The Mastermind
A Word from Amy Spears, Married, Divorced, Remarried to Roller Derby
6 Mindful Jockdom
Ohio Player Profile: The Inspiration
A Word from Amy Spears, Washed-Up Roller Derby Skater
7 O-H-I-O
Ohio Player Profile: The Force
A Word from Amy Spears, Derby Lifer
8 Derby Veteran
Ohio Player Profile: The Forever Rookies
A Word from Amy Spears: The Season That Never Happened
9 We Got Tired
Ohio Player Profile: Kegel’s Wife
A Word from Amy Spears: Democracy and Protest
10 Racism in Roller Derby
Ohio Player Profile: A Word from Pain Train
A Word from Amy Spears: Roller Derby in the Future
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
