Sporting Females: Critical Issues in the History and Sociology of Women's Sport

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Routledge, 11.09.2002 - 344 Seiten

1994 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award

An outstanding contribution to feminist analysis of sport from the nineteenth century to the present day. Jennifer Hargreaves views sport as a battle for control of the physical body and an important area for feminist intervention. Placing women at the centre of discussion, no other book is as comprehensive.
 

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List of tables
Theories of sports The neglect of gender
Sports feminism The Importance of gender
Nature and culture Introducing Victorian and Edwardian sports for women
The legitimation of female exercise The case of physical education
Recreative and competitive sports Expansion and containment
The interwar years Limitations and possibilities
Femininity or musculinity? Changing images of female sports
Gender relations of power Institutionalized discrimination
Introduction
Sports for all women Problems and progress
Into the twentyfirst century Diversity and empowerment
Notes
Author index
Subject index

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