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Autore |
Hargreaves Jennifer <1937-> |
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Titolo |
Sporting females : critical issues in the history and sociology of women's sports / / Jennifer Hargreaves |
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London, : Routledge, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-51769-7 |
0-203-22194-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sports for women - Great Britain - History |
Sports for women - Sociological aspects |
Feminist theory |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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