02878oam 2200649Ma 450 991045490720332120200324081312.01-280-51769-70-203-22194-X(CKB)111056485514178(EBL)169096(OCoLC)275233103(SSID)ssj0000250095(PQKBManifestationID)11239787(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250095(PQKBWorkID)10230923(PQKB)10749064(MiAaPQ)EBC169096(Au-PeEL)EBL169096(CaPaEBR)ebr10058268(CaONFJC)MIL51769(OCoLC)654852542(OCoLC-P)654852542(FlBoTFG)9780203221945(EXLCZ)9911105648551417820090402d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSporting females critical issues in the history and sociology of women's sports /Jennifer HargreavesLondon Routledge20031 online resource (344 p.)ACPE Ebook collectionDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-47552-1 0-415-07028-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 recognitionSports for all women: problems and progressInto the twenty-first century: diversity and empowerment; Notes; References; Author index; Subject indexAn 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.Sports for womenGreat BritainHistorySports for womenSociological aspectsFeminist theoryElectronic books.Sports for womenHistory.Sports for womenSociological aspects.Feminist theory.796/.0194Hargreaves Jennifer1937-614841OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910454907203321Sporting females1132540UNINA