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Sporting gender : the history, science, and stories of transgender and intersex athletes / Joanna Harper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harper, Joanna (Biophysicist), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay athletes.
- Gay people and sports.
- Intersex athletes.
- Lesbian athletes.
- Sexual minorities and sports.
- Sexual minorities--Social conditions.
- Sexual minorities.
- Sports--Social aspects.
- Sports.
- Trans athletes.
- Transgender athletes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (339 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2020.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020.
- Summary:
- Sporting Gender explores both the historical and current issues of defining gender in sports, especially regarding intersex and transgender athletes. It not only covers important events and regulations, but also delves into the lives of the athletes themselves to provide a personal perspective on the science of athletic performance.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 "Prehistoric" Women's Sport
- 2 The Science of Intersex Conditions
- 3 Intersex Athletes in the 1930s
- 4 Postwar Sex Testing
- 5 Transgender 101
- 6 Early Transgender Athletes
- 7 Not the End of Sex Testing
- 8 Joanna's Story
- 9 Transgender and Intersex Athletes, 2004-2009
- 10 Caster Semenya
- 11 Transgender and Intersex Athletes, 2009-2014
- 12 The Post-Semenya Landscape
- 13 Dutee Chand
- 14 Dutee Chand versus the IAAF in the CAS
- 15 Transgender Athletes, 2013-2017
- 16 The 2016 IOC Transgender Guidelines
- 17 Aftermath of the CAS Decision in the Chand Case
- 18 Transgender Athletes, 2015-2018
- 19 Transgender Athletic Research Update
- 20 The Caster Semenya Trial
- Epilogue: One Last Story
- Recent Developments in Gender and Sports
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-314) and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-42477-2
- 1-5381-1297-3
- OCLC:
- 1125112410
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