03017nam 2200625Ia 450 991017099870332120200520144314.01-134-58530-61-134-58531-40-585-45149-40-203-46606-31-280-33806-710.4324/9780203466063 (CKB)1000000000003641(EBL)170185(OCoLC)85480378(SSID)ssj0000376527(PQKBManifestationID)11275020(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376527(PQKBWorkID)10332874(PQKB)11259049(MiAaPQ)EBC170185(OCoLC)52568806(EXLCZ)99100000000000364120000602d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHeroines of sport the politics of difference and identity /Jennifer HargreavesLondon ;New York Routledge20001 online resource (300 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-22849-2 0-415-22848-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-257) and indexes.Cover; Heroines of Sport: The politics of difference and identity; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations and acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing heroines of sport: Making sense of difference and identity; 2 Race, politics and gender: Women's struggles for sport in South Africa; 3 The Muslim female heroic: Shorts or veils?; 4 Aboriginal sportswomen: Heroines of difference or objects of assimilation?; 5 Sporting lesbians: Heroic symbols of sexual liberation; 6 Impaired and disabled: Building on ability; 7 Struggling for a new world order: The Women's International Sport Movement; NotesBibliographyName index; Subject indexHeroines of Sport looks closely at different groups of women whose stories have been excluded from previous accounts of women's sports and female heroism. It focuses on five specific groups of women from different places in the world South African women; Muslim women from the Middle East; Aboriginal women from Australia and Canada; and lesbian and disabled women from different countries worldwide. It also asks searching questions about colonialism and neo-colonialism in the women's international sport movement.The particular groups of women featured in the book reflect the need toSports for womenSocial aspectsSports for womenCross-cultural studiesFeminist theorySports for womenSocial aspects.Sports for womenFeminist theory.796/.082Hargreaves Jennifer1937-614841MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910170998703321Heroines of sport4198694UNINA