Qualifying times : points of change in U.S. women's sport / Jaime Schultz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schultz, Jaime.

Series:

Sport and Society

Sport and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports for women--United States--History.

Sports for women.

Sports for women--Social aspects--United States.

Women athletes--United States--History.

Women athletes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This perceptive, lively study explores US women's sport through historical 'points of change': particular products or trends that dramatically influenced both women's participation in sport and cultural responses to women athletes. Beginning with the seemingly innocent ponytail, the subject of the introduction, scholar Jaime Schultz challenges the reader to look at the historical and sociological significance of now-common items such as sports bras and tampons and ideas such as sex testing and competitive cheerleading.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. What Shall We Wear for Tennis?""; ""2. Commercial Tampons and the Sportswoman, 1936�52""; ""3. Rules, Rulers, and the ""Right Kind"" of Competition""; ""4. Women's Sport and Questionable Sex""; ""5. From ""Women in Sports"" to the ""New Ideal of Beauty""""; ""6. A Cultural History of the Sports Bra""; ""7. Something to Cheer About?""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252095962

0252095960

OCLC:

871039990