Sporting females : critical issues in the history and sociology of women's sports / Jennifer Hargreaves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hargreaves, Jennifer, 1937-

Series:

ACPE Ebook collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports for women--Great Britain--History.

Sports for women.

Sports for women--Sociological aspects.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-134-91276-5

1-280-51769-7

0-203-22194-X

9780203221945

OCLC:

275233103