LEADER 03017nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910170998703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-58530-6 010 $a1-134-58531-4 010 $a0-585-45149-4 010 $a0-203-46606-3 010 $a1-280-33806-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203466063 035 $a(CKB)1000000000003641 035 $a(EBL)170185 035 $a(OCoLC)85480378 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000376527 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11275020 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000376527 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10332874 035 $a(PQKB)11259049 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC170185 035 $a(OCoLC)52568806 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000003641 100 $a20000602d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHeroines of sport $ethe politics of difference and identity /$fJennifer Hargreaves 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (300 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-22849-2 311 $a0-415-22848-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [244]-257) and indexes. 327 $aCover; 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; Notes 327 $aBibliographyName index; Subject index 330 $aHeroines 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 to 606 $aSports for women$xSocial aspects 606 $aSports for women$vCross-cultural studies 606 $aFeminist theory 615 0$aSports for women$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aSports for women 615 0$aFeminist theory. 676 $a796/.082 700 $aHargreaves$b Jennifer$f1937-$0614841 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910170998703321 996 $aHeroines of sport$94198694 997 $aUNINA