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Women in sports : a reference handbook / Maylon Hanold.

By: Series: Contemporary world issuesPublisher: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2018]Description: xvii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781440853692
  • 144085369X
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Women in sports.LOC classification:
  • GV709 .H34 2018
Contents:
Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Perspectives -- Profiles -- Data and documents -- Resources -- Chronology.
Summary: Providing key data, insights, and ways of thinking about women and sports, this book is an excellent resource for high school and undergraduate students as well as for sport organizations serving girls and women. Provides readers with an overview of how sports came to be associated with men and masculinity. Details the various ways in which girls and women experience tension in sports regarding their bodies. Suggests multiple approaches for making women's experience of sports and physical activity more positive and healthy. Provides significant data relating to the growth of girls' and women's participation in sports and physical activity. Offers insights into the ways in which sports both empower and marginalize girls and women in the Perspectives chapter. Suggests policies for and approaches to fostering inclusive sport for all genders.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks GV709 .H34 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001485258

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Perspectives -- Profiles -- Data and documents -- Resources -- Chronology.

Providing key data, insights, and ways of thinking about women and sports, this book is an excellent resource for high school and undergraduate students as well as for sport organizations serving girls and women. Provides readers with an overview of how sports came to be associated with men and masculinity. Details the various ways in which girls and women experience tension in sports regarding their bodies. Suggests multiple approaches for making women's experience of sports and physical activity more positive and healthy. Provides significant data relating to the growth of girls' and women's participation in sports and physical activity. Offers insights into the ways in which sports both empower and marginalize girls and women in the Perspectives chapter. Suggests policies for and approaches to fostering inclusive sport for all genders.

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