How college athletics are hurting girls' sports : the pay-to-play pipeline / / Rick Eckstein

• Autore: Eckstein Rick <1960->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 pages)
• Disciplina: 796.043
• Soggetto topico: College sports for women - Social aspects - United States; Sports for girls - Social aspects - United States; Women college athletes - United States; College sports - Economic aspects - United States; Sports for children - Economic aspects - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: SPO066000SOC032000SOC028000
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Chapter One: The Female Youth Sports to College Pipeline -- Chapter Two: Higher Education and the Youth Sports to College Pipeline -- Chapter Three: The Commercialized Youth Sports to College Pipeline -- Chapter Four: Creating Demand for the Youth Sports to College Pipeline -- Chapter Five: Female Sports on Male Terms -- Chapter Six: Saving Girls' Youth Sports by Changing Higher Education -- Appendix: The Challenges of Ethnography.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book looks closely at college sports and how they shape the athletic and personal landscape for girls and young women. Filled with interview excerpts from women athletes of all ages, the book chronicles how college and youth sports have become more corporate, to the detriment of participants"--
• Titolo autorizzato: How college athletics are hurting girls' sports
• ISBN: 1-4422-6628-7; 1-4422-6629-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910164875703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II