Author: Patricia Anne Vertinsky
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719025259
Category : Exercise
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Eternally Wounded Woman
Author: Patricia Anne Vertinsky
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719025259
Category : Exercise
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719025259
Category : Exercise
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Eternally Wounded Woman
Making Sense of Sports
Author: Ellis Cashmore
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0415552206
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
This book looks at sport not just as recreation, but as an integral part of contemporary culture, with connections to industry, commerce and politics. It explores the history and theories of sport, and touches on more controversial issues.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0415552206
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 601
Book Description
This book looks at sport not just as recreation, but as an integral part of contemporary culture, with connections to industry, commerce and politics. It explores the history and theories of sport, and touches on more controversial issues.
Playing With the Boys
Author: Eileen McDonagh
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0195167562
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
From small-town life to the national stage, from the boardroom to Capitol Hill, athletic contests help define what we mean in America by success. And by keeping women from playing with the boys on the grounds that they are inherently inferior to men, society relegates them to second-classstatus in American life. In this forcefully argued book, Eileen McDonagh and Laura Pappano show in vivid detail how women have been unfairly excluded from participating in sports on an equal footing with men. Using dozens of colorful examples from the world of contemporary American athletics--girls and women tryingto break through in high school football, ice hockey, wrestling, and baseball, to name just a few--the authors show that sex differences are not sufficient to warrant exclusion in most sports, that success usually entails more than brute strength, and that the special rules for women in many sportsdo not simply reflect the "differences" between the sexes, but actively create and reinforce them. For instance, if women's bodies give them a physiological advantage in endurance sports like the ultra-marathon and distance swimming, why do so many Olympic events--from swimming to skiing to runningto bike racing--have shorter races for women than men? Likewise, why are women's singles games in badminton limited to 11 points while men's singles go to 15? Surely female badminton players can endure four more points. Such rules merely reinforce a "difference" for social--not competitive--purposes. An original and provocative argument to level the athletic playing field, Playing with the Boys issues a clarion call for sex-sensible policies in sports as another important step toward the equality of men and women in our society.
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0195167562
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
From small-town life to the national stage, from the boardroom to Capitol Hill, athletic contests help define what we mean in America by success. And by keeping women from playing with the boys on the grounds that they are inherently inferior to men, society relegates them to second-classstatus in American life. In this forcefully argued book, Eileen McDonagh and Laura Pappano show in vivid detail how women have been unfairly excluded from participating in sports on an equal footing with men. Using dozens of colorful examples from the world of contemporary American athletics--girls and women tryingto break through in high school football, ice hockey, wrestling, and baseball, to name just a few--the authors show that sex differences are not sufficient to warrant exclusion in most sports, that success usually entails more than brute strength, and that the special rules for women in many sportsdo not simply reflect the "differences" between the sexes, but actively create and reinforce them. For instance, if women's bodies give them a physiological advantage in endurance sports like the ultra-marathon and distance swimming, why do so many Olympic events--from swimming to skiing to runningto bike racing--have shorter races for women than men? Likewise, why are women's singles games in badminton limited to 11 points while men's singles go to 15? Surely female badminton players can endure four more points. Such rules merely reinforce a "difference" for social--not competitive--purposes. An original and provocative argument to level the athletic playing field, Playing with the Boys issues a clarion call for sex-sensible policies in sports as another important step toward the equality of men and women in our society.
Debating the Woman Question in the French Third Republic, 1870-1920
Author: Karen Offen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107188040
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 711
Book Description
A magisterial reconstruction and analysis of the heated debates around the 'woman question' during the French Third Republic.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107188040
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 711
Book Description
A magisterial reconstruction and analysis of the heated debates around the 'woman question' during the French Third Republic.
Routledge Handbook of the Business of Women's Sport
Author: Nancy Lough
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351333941
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Combining knowledge from sport management, marketing, media, leadership, governance, and consumer behavior in innovative ways, this book goes further than any other in surveying current theory and research on the business of women’s sport around the world, making it an unparalleled resource for all those who aspire to work in, or understand, women’s sport. Featuring international perspectives, with authors from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania, and insightful, in-depth profiles of real leaders within different sectors of women's sport in the global sport industry, the Routledge Handbook of the Business of Women's Sport offers an integrated understanding of the ways traditional media and social media impact both the understanding and advancement of women’s sport properties, businesses, teams, and athletes. Innovative case studies show how societal issues such as gender, power, and framing impact the business of women’s sports and those who work in women’s sport. An essential reference for any researcher or advanced student with an interest in women’s sport or women in business, and useful supplementary reading for researchers and advanced students working in sport business, sport management, mainstream business and management, or women’s studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351333941
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Combining knowledge from sport management, marketing, media, leadership, governance, and consumer behavior in innovative ways, this book goes further than any other in surveying current theory and research on the business of women’s sport around the world, making it an unparalleled resource for all those who aspire to work in, or understand, women’s sport. Featuring international perspectives, with authors from North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania, and insightful, in-depth profiles of real leaders within different sectors of women's sport in the global sport industry, the Routledge Handbook of the Business of Women's Sport offers an integrated understanding of the ways traditional media and social media impact both the understanding and advancement of women’s sport properties, businesses, teams, and athletes. Innovative case studies show how societal issues such as gender, power, and framing impact the business of women’s sports and those who work in women’s sport. An essential reference for any researcher or advanced student with an interest in women’s sport or women in business, and useful supplementary reading for researchers and advanced students working in sport business, sport management, mainstream business and management, or women’s studies.
The Making of Modern Woman
Author: Lynn Abrams
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317876679
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Modern woman was made between the French Revolution and the end of the First World War. In this time, the women of Europe crafted new ideas about their sexuaity, motherhood, the home, the politics of femininity, and their working roles. They faced challenges about what a woman should be and how she should act. From domestic ideology to women's suffrage, this book charts the contests for woman's identity in the epoch-shaping nineteenth century.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317876679
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Modern woman was made between the French Revolution and the end of the First World War. In this time, the women of Europe crafted new ideas about their sexuaity, motherhood, the home, the politics of femininity, and their working roles. They faced challenges about what a woman should be and how she should act. From domestic ideology to women's suffrage, this book charts the contests for woman's identity in the epoch-shaping nineteenth century.
Women and Sport
Author: D. Margaret Costa
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 9780873226868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Study of the past, present, and future of women in sport.
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 9780873226868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Study of the past, present, and future of women in sport.
Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport
Author: Georgia Cervin
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030269094
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Sport has never been a man’s world. As this volume shows, women have served key roles not only as athletes and spectators, but as administrators, workers, decision-makers, and leaders in sporting organizations around the world. Contributors excavate scarce archival material to uncover histories of women’s work in sport, from swimming teachers in nineteenth-century England to national sports administrators in twentieth-century Côte d’Ivoire, and many places in between. Their work has been varied, holding roles as teachers, wives, and secretaries in sporting contexts around the world, often with diplomatic functions—including at the 1968 and 1992 Olympic Games. Finally, this collection shows how gender initiatives have developed in sporting institutions in Europe and international sport federations today. With a foreword by Grégory Quin and afterword by Anaïs Bohuon, this is a pioneering study into gender and women’s work in global sport.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030269094
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Sport has never been a man’s world. As this volume shows, women have served key roles not only as athletes and spectators, but as administrators, workers, decision-makers, and leaders in sporting organizations around the world. Contributors excavate scarce archival material to uncover histories of women’s work in sport, from swimming teachers in nineteenth-century England to national sports administrators in twentieth-century Côte d’Ivoire, and many places in between. Their work has been varied, holding roles as teachers, wives, and secretaries in sporting contexts around the world, often with diplomatic functions—including at the 1968 and 1992 Olympic Games. Finally, this collection shows how gender initiatives have developed in sporting institutions in Europe and international sport federations today. With a foreword by Grégory Quin and afterword by Anaïs Bohuon, this is a pioneering study into gender and women’s work in global sport.
Routledge Companion to Sports History
Author: S. W. Pope
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135978131
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Presents comprehensive guidance to the international field of sports history as it has developed as an academic area of study. This book guides readers through the development of the field across a range of thematic and geographical contexts. It is suitable for researchers and students in, and entering, the sports history field.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135978131
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Presents comprehensive guidance to the international field of sports history as it has developed as an academic area of study. This book guides readers through the development of the field across a range of thematic and geographical contexts. It is suitable for researchers and students in, and entering, the sports history field.