Heroines of Sport : The Politics of Difference and Identity

Jennifer. Hargreaves
Bok · Engelsk · 2013 · Electronic books.

Annen tittel	Heroines of sport : the politics of difference and identity
Utgitt	Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.
Omfang	1 online resource (300 p.)
Opplysninger	Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Heroines of Sport: The politics of difference and identity; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations and acronyms; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing heroines of sport: Making sense of difference and identity; 2 Race, politics and gender: Women's struggles for sport in South Africa; 3 The Muslim female heroic: Shorts or veils?; 4 Aboriginal sportswomen: Heroines of difference or objects of assimilation?; 5 Sporting lesbians: Heroic symbols of sexual liberation; 6 Impaired and disabled: Building on ability; 7 Struggling for a new world order: The Women's International Sport Movement; Notes. - BibliographyName index; Subject index. - Heroines of Sport looks closely at different groups of women whose stories have been excluded from previous accounts of women's sports and female heroism. It focuses on five specific groups of women from different places in the world South African women; Muslim women from the Middle East; Aboriginal women from Australia and Canada; and lesbian and disabled women from different countries worldwide. It also asks searching questions about colonialism and neo-colonialism in the women's international sport movement.The particular groups of women featured in the book reflect the need to
Emner	Feminist theory Sports for women Sports for women - Social aspects Cross-cultural studies. Vis mer... Social aspects. kvinner idrett sport sportssosiologi kultur seksualitet rase kjønn homofili klasse sosiologi muslimer
Sjanger	Electronic books.
Dewey	796.082
ISBN	0415228484. - 0415228492