Muslim women and sport / / edited by Tansin Benn, Gertrud Pfister and Haifaa Jawad

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.088/297
• Soggetto topico: Sports for women - Islamic countries; Muslim athletes - Southeast Asia; Women athletes - Islamic countries; Women - Islamic countries
• Altri autori: BennTansin JawadH. A PfisterGertrud <1945->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Muslim women and sport; Part I: Underlying concepts; 1 Reaffirming the values of physical education, physical activity and sport in the lives of young Muslim women; 2 Islam, women and sport; 3 Muslimske kvinder og idræt i diasporaer: Teorier, diskurser og metoder - analyse af et dansk eksempel; Part II: National perspectives; 4 Women in sports leadership in Bahrain ; 5 'Ich tänzele so zwischen den Kulturen . . .': Bewegung, Spiel und Sport muslimischer Mädchen und Frauen in Deutschland6 Physical activities and sport for women in Iran; 7 The Sultanate of Oman and the position of girls and women in physical education and sport; 8 Women and sport in Syria; 9 Güçlenmek için Mücadele: Türkiye'de Kadinlarin ve Genç Kizlarin Spora Katilimi; Part III: Case studies; 10 Die palästinensische Frauenfussballnationalmannschaft auf dem Weg in die Fußballwelt: Eine Fallstudie zum Zusammenhang von Religion, Kultur, Politik und Sport ; 11 Challenges facing South African Muslim secondary school girls' participation in physical activities, physical education and sport12 Din ve devlet: Bir elit Türk sporcusunun hikayesi; 13 A case study on the United Arab Emirates: Women, disability and sport; Part IV: Narratives; 14 Iskustva rata u Bosni i Hercegovini njegove refleksije na tjelesne aktivnosti djevojaka i žena; 15 Les femmes et le sport en Afrique du Nord: Voix d'athlètes marocaines; 16 Women's narratives of sport and war in Iraq; Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Examining the global experiences, challenges and achievements of Muslim women participating in physical activities and sport, this important new study makes a profound contribution to our understanding of both contemporary Islam and the complexity and diversity of women's lives in the modern world. The book presents an overview of current research into constructs of gender, the role of religion and the importance of situation, and looks closely at what Islam has to say about women's participation in sport and what Muslim women themselves have to say about their participation i
• Titolo autorizzato: Muslim women and sport
• ISBN: 1-134-00850-3; 1-134-00851-1; 1-282-88644-4; 9786612886447; 0-203-88063-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785239703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International studies in physical education and youth sport.