Women, sport, and culture / Susan Birrell, Cheryl L. Cole, editors.
| Other author | Birrell, Susan. |
| Other author | Cole, Cheryl L. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, ©1994. |
| Description | viii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Resisting the canon : feminist cultural studies, sport, and technologies of the body / Cheryl L. Cole -- Women in sport in ideology / Paul Willis -- Sport and the maintenance of masculine hegemony / Lois Bryson -- Sports and male domination : the female athlete as contested ideological terrain / Michael A. Messner -- African-American women and competitive sport, 1920-1960 / Cindy Himes Gissendanner -- Politics, public policy, and Title IX : some limitations of liberal feminism / Mary A. Boutilier, Lucinda F. SanGiovanni -- The status of women in intercollegiate athletics / R. Vivian Acosta, Linda Jean Carpenter -- Gender and the coaching profession / Annelies Knoppers -- Unequal exchange and exploitation in college sport : the case of the female athlete / Elaine Blinde -- A postmodern paradox? : cheerleaders at women's sporting events / Laurel Davis -- Sport as a male preserve : notes on the social sources of masculine identity and its transformations / Eric Dunning -- |
| Contents | Toward a feminist alternative to sport as a male preserve / Nancy Theberge -- Subcultural subversions : comparing discourses on sexuality in men's and women's rugby songs / Elizabeth E. Wheatley -- Challenging the hegemony : New Zealand women's opposition to rugby and the reproduction of a capitalist patriarchy / Shona M. Thompson -- Is a diamond forever? : feminist transformations of sport / Susan Birrell, Diana M. Richter -- Gender stereotyping in televised sports / Margaret Carlisle Duncan ... [et al.] -- Active women, media representations, and ideology / Margaret MacNeill -- Work routines in newspaper sports departments and the coverage of women's sports / Nancy Theberge, Alan Cronk -- Visible difference and flex appeal : the body, sex, sexuality, and race in the Pumping iron films / Christine Anne Holmlund -- Personal best : women in love / Linda Williams -- |
| Contents | Crushes, competition, and closets : the emergence of homophobia in women's physical education / Susan Cahn -- Feminist bodybuilding / Anne Balsamo -- The embodiment of gender : discipline, domination, and empowerment / David Whitson -- Double fault : Renee Richards and the construction and naturalization of difference / Susan Birrell, Cheryl L. Cole. |
| Local note | Little-290806--305130043711S |
| Local note | Little-337395--3051310449894 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 93038013 |
| ISBN | 087322650X |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GV709 .W577 1994 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |