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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164875703321

Autore

Eckstein Rick <1960->

Titolo

How college athletics are hurting girls' sports : the pay-to-play pipeline / / Rick Eckstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4422-6628-7

1-4422-6629-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 pages)

Classificazione

SPO066000SOC032000SOC028000

Disciplina

796.043

Soggetti

College sports for women - Social aspects - United States

Sports for girls - Social aspects - United States

Women college athletes - United States

College sports - Economic aspects - United States

Sports for children - Economic aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Chapter One: The Female Youth Sports to College Pipeline -- Chapter Two: Higher Education and the Youth Sports to College Pipeline -- Chapter Three: The Commercialized Youth Sports to College Pipeline -- Chapter Four: Creating Demand for the Youth Sports to College Pipeline -- Chapter Five: Female Sports on Male Terms -- Chapter Six: Saving Girls' Youth Sports by Changing Higher Education -- Appendix: The Challenges of Ethnography.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book looks closely at college sports and how they shape the athletic and personal landscape for girls and young women. Filled with interview excerpts from women athletes of all ages, the book chronicles how college and youth sports have become more corporate, to the detriment of participants"--