Women's sports : what everyone needs to know
"Using historical, contemporary, scholarly, and popular sources, Schultz traces the progress and pitfalls of women's involvement in sport. In the signature question-and-answer format of the What Everyone Needs to Know series, this ... book clarifies misconceptions that dog women's ath...
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| Language: | English |
| Series: | What everyone needs to know.
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| Summary: | "Using historical, contemporary, scholarly, and popular sources, Schultz traces the progress and pitfalls of women's involvement in sport. In the signature question-and-answer format of the What Everyone Needs to Know series, this ... book clarifies misconceptions that dog women's athletics and offers ... context and history to illuminate the struggles and inequalities sportswomen continue to face"--Publisher marketing. |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 243 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| ISBN: | 9780190657703 0190657707 9780190657710 0190657715 |
Table of Contents:
- Why women's sport matters
- A brief history of women's sport
- The Influence of Title IX
- Gender and sport
- Sexualities and sport
- Sex segregation
- The Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Women, sport, and the media
- Professional opportunities
- The sport-health connection
- Moving on.