Freeing the female body : inspirational icons / / editors, J.A. Mangan and Fan Hong

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : F. Cass, , 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 796/.082
• Soggetto topico: Physical education for women - Social aspects - History; Feminism - History; Feminists
• Altri autori: ManganJ. A HongFan
• Note generali: First appeared as a special issue of the International journal of the history of sport (ISSN 0952-3367), Volume 18, no. 1, March 2001, published by Frank Cass--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-256) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; FREEING THE FEMALE BODY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; Prologue - Freeing Bodies: Heroines in History; 1. 'All the Freedom of the Boy': Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Nineteenth Century Architect of Women's Rights; 2. A Martyr for Modernity: Qiu Jin, Feminist, Warrior and Revolutionary; 3. A Militant Madonna: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Feminism and Physical Culture; 4. A Lifetime of Campaigning: Ettie Rout, Emancipationist beyond the Pale; 5. Breaking Bounds: Alice Profé, Radical and Emancipationist ; 6. At the Heart of a New Profession: Margaret Stansfeld, a Radical English Educationalist7. Alexandrine Gibb: In 'No Man's Land of Sport'; 8. A Glittering Icon of Fascist Femininity: Trebisonda 'Ondina' Valla; 9. Ignoring Taboos: Maria Lenk, Latin American Inspirationalist; 10. In Pursuit of Empowerment: Sensei Nellie Kleinsmidt, Race and Gender Challenges in South Africa; Epilogue - Prospects for the New Millennium: Women, Emancipation and the Body; Select Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection records the bravery of these forgotten inspirational figures whose determination challenged and overcame convention, custom and prejudice to free women from the ranks of the sexualized, controlled and oppressed.
• Titolo autorizzato: Freeing the female body
• ISBN: 1-136-33511-0; 0-203-04547-5; 1-283-96513-5; 1-136-33504-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808000203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sport in the Global Society