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Heroines of sport : the politics of difference and identity / Jennifer Hargreaves.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hargreaves, Jennifer, 1937-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports for women--Social aspects.
- Sports for women--Cross-cultural studies.
- Feminist theory.
- Sports for women.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 284 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Summary:
- In this unique account, Jennifer Hargreaves illustrates the ways in which the participation of women in sport across the world is tied to their sense of difference and identity. The book focuses on five groups of women whose stories have been excluded from previous accounts of women's sports and female heroism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [244]-257) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0415228484
- 0415228492
- OCLC:
- 44267731
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