Sporting females : critical issues in the history and sociology of women's sports
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
History
1 online resource (x, 331 pages)
9780203221945, 020322194X
1038391671
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 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 progressInto the twenty-first century: diversity and empowerment; Notes; References; Author index; Subject index