UID:
almafu_9959227342402883
Format:
1 online resource (344 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-91276-5
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1-280-51769-7
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0-203-22194-X
Series Statement:
ACPE Ebook collection
Content:
An outstanding contribution to feminist analysis of sport from the nineteenth century to the present day the author presents sport as a battle for control of the physical body and an important area for feminist intervention.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction -- 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 inter-war years: limitations and possibilities -- Femininity or 'musculinity'?: changing images of female sports -- Gender relations of power: institutionalized discrimination -- Olympic women: a struggle for recognition -- Sports for all women: problems and progress -- Into the twenty-first century: diversity and empowerment.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-138-47552-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-07028-7
Language:
English
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