Qualifying times : points of change in U.S. women's sport / / Jaime Schultz

• Autore: Schultz Jaime
• Pubblicazione: Urbana, Illinois : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.082
• Soggetto topico: Sports for women - United States - History; Sports for women - Social aspects - United States; Women athletes - United States - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. What Shall We Wear for Tennis?""; ""2. Commercial Tampons and the Sportswoman, 1936â€?52""; ""3. Rules, Rulers, and the ""Right Kind"" of Competition""; ""4. Women's Sport and Questionable Sex""; ""5. From ""Women in Sports"" to the ""New Ideal of Beauty""""; ""6. A Cultural History of the Sports Bra""; ""7. Something to Cheer About?""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: This perceptive, lively study explores US women's sport through historical 'points of change': particular products or trends that dramatically influenced both women's participation in sport and cultural responses to women athletes. Beginning with the seemingly innocent ponytail, the subject of the introduction, scholar Jaime Schultz challenges the reader to look at the historical and sociological significance of now-common items such as sports bras and tampons and ideas such as sex testing and competitive cheerleading.
• Titolo autorizzato: Qualifying times
• ISBN: 0-252-09596-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465027403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sport and Society