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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451363203321

Titolo

Soccer, women, sexual liberation : kicking off a new era / / editors, Fan Hong, J.A. Mangan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : F. Cass, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-77058-1

1-280-05938-9

0-203-01116-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Collana

Sport in the global society

Altri autori (Persone)

FanHong <1957->

ManganJ. A

Disciplina

796.334082

Soggetti

Soccer for women - Social aspects

Feminism and sports

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This group of studies first appeared as a special issue of Soccer and society. Volume  4, nos. 2/3, summer/autumn 2003"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Series Editor's Foreword; Prologue; Introduction-'M's' in Football: Myths, Management, Marketing, Media and Money. A Reprise: Donna de Varona; 1. Women's Soccer In The United States: Yet Another American 'Exceptionalism': Andrei S.markovits And Steven L.Hellerman; 2. The Game Of Choice: Girls' And Women's Soccer In Canada: M.Ann Hall; 3. Will The 'iron Roses' Bloom Forever? Women's Football In China: Changes And Challenges: Fan Hong And J.A.Mangan

4. Chains, Challenges And Changes: The Making Of Women's Football In Korea: Eunha Koh5. Forwards And Backwards: Women's Soccer In Twentieth-century India: Boria Majumdar; 6. Asserting The Right To Play-women's Football In Denmark: Anne Brus And Else Trangbæk; 7. The Fastest Growing Sport? Women's Football In England: Jean Williams; 8. The Challenges Of Women's Football In East And West Germany: A Comparative Study: Gertrud Pfister; 9. Small Country-big Results: Women's Football In Norway: Kari Fasting



10. Women's Football In The Republic Of Ireland: Past Events And Future Prospects: Ann Bourke11. A Breakthrough: Women's Football In Sweden: Jonny Hjelm And Eva Olofsson; 12. From Heydays To Struggles: Women's Soccer In New Zealand: Barbara Cox And Shona Thompson; 13. Football Feminine-development Of The African Game: Senegal, Nigeria And South Africa: Martha Saavedra; 14. Women's Football In Brazil: Progress And Problems: Sebastião Votre And Ludmila Mourão; Select Bibliography; Notes On The Contributors; Abstracts; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first in-depth global study of women's football across the world. This collection considers women's football, in fifteen countries worldwide, in a global context, and analyzes its progress, challenges and problems it has faced.It shows how women's football has made a significant contribution to the emancipation of women's football in many countries. It also traces the evolution of women's football in face of resistance, rejection and prejudice and describes women footballer's struggle for equal rights in a male dominated football world.