Sporting females : critical issues in the history and sociology of women's sports / Jennifer Hargreaves.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 online resource (x, 331 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780203221945
- 020322194X
- 9786610517695
- 661051769X
- 9781134912773
- 1134912773
- 9781134912766
- 1134912765
- 1280517697
- 9781280517693
- Sports for women -- Great Britain -- History
- Sports for women -- Social aspects
- Feminist theory
- Sports -- history
- Women -- history
- Feminism -- history
- Sports -- sociology
- Sports féminins -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
- Sports féminins -- Aspect social
- Théorie féministe
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Sports Psychology
- Feminist theory
- Sports for women
- Sports for women -- Social aspects
- Great Britain
- Frauensport
- Feminismus
- Geschlechterrolle
- Soziologie
- Sport
- Sportsoziologie
- Frau
- Geschichte
- Großbritannien
- Vrouwen
- Sport
- Sports Participation of Women History
- 796/.0194 20
- GV709.18.G7 H37 1994eb
- 71.33
- 76.11
- 76.01
- MS 6540
- ZX 7504
- SPO 040n
- SPO 542n
- SPO 592n
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An outstanding contribution to feminist analysis of sport from the nineteenth century to the present day the author presents sport as a battle for control of the physical body and an important area for feminist intervention.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-320) and indexes.
Cover -- Sporting Females -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Theories of sports -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PROBLEM OF SEXUAL DIFFERENCE -- POPULAR IDEAS ABOUT SPORTS -- POPULAR IDEAS ABOUT GENDER -- ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH -- FIGURATIONAL SOCIOLOGY -- MARXISM -- NEO-MARXIST APPROACHES: ECONOMISM -- STRUCTURALIST MARXISM: THEORIES OF REPRODUCTION -- CULTURAL MARXISM: HEGEMONY THEORY -- Chapter 2 Sports feminism -- FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES -- EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY -- SEPARATISM -- POSITIVE ACTION -- UNNECESSARY DIVISIONS -- CAPITALIST RELATIONS AND GENDER RELATIONS -- GENDER AND CLASS -- MAKING WOMEN'S SPORTS POLITICAL -- AGENCY AND CONSTRAINT -- DAMAGED MEN -- STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE -- Chapter 3 Nature and culture -- INTRODUCTION -- CONSTRUCTING DIFFERENCES -- THE NATURE OF WOMAN -- THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE -- CAPITALISM AND BOURGEOIS PROSPERITY -- VICTORIAN FAMILISM -- CONSPICUOUS RECREATION -- FEMALE EDUCATION AND EXERCISE FOR GIRLS -- Chapter 4 The legitimation of female exercise -- ELITE DAY SCHOOLS -- PUBLIC BOARDING SCHOOLS -- HEALTH AND MORALITY -- EXERCISE FOR WORKING-CLASS GIRLS -- THE LEGEND OF MADAME ÖSTERBERG -- FEMINIST CONCERNS AND LIMITATIONS -- CLASS RELATIONS -- THE GROWTH OF A NEW PROFESSION -- A PROCESS OF STRUGGLE -- Chapter 5 Recreative and competitive sports -- INTRODUCTION -- ELITE SPORTS -- SPORTING SENSUALITY -- DEALING WITH OPPOSITION -- RATIONALIZED SPORTS -- THE POLY CLUBS -- THE CONSTANT FOCUS ON BIOLOGY -- PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRATIZATION -- THE PROBLEM OF LEISURE -- Chapter 6 The inter-war years -- INTRODUCTION -- EXCITEMENT AND SPECTACLE -- FEMALE SPORTS AND CLASS -- SPORTS IN SCHOOLS -- ORGANIZATION AND GROWTH -- STRUGGLING FOR RESOURCES -- FOLLOWING THE MEN -- FURTHER EXPANSION -- STRUGGLING FOR WOMEN'S ATHLETICS -- THE 'NATURAL' BODY -- WOMEN'S BODIES AND THE STATE -- INCREASED DEMOCRATIZATION -- WORKERS' SPORTS FOR WOMEN -- PLAYING MEN'S SPORTS -- 'LOW-LIFE' SPORTS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 7 Femininity or 'musculinity'? -- INTRODUCTION -- GENDER-AN ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE -- GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY -- GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CHILDREN'S WEEKLIES -- GENDER DIVISIONS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS -- PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS -- BREAKING TRADITIONS -- DROPPING OUT -- THE CULT OF ADOLESCENT FEMININITY -- THE POWER OF GIRLS' WEEKLIES -- IMAGE-MAKING AND THE SEXUALIZED FEMALE BODY -- BODY MAINTENANCE AND 'THE LOOK' -- OBJECTIFYING THE FEMALE BODY -- STEREOTYPED FEMININITY -- TECHNIQUES OF SEXUALIZATION -- SPORTS AND EROTICIZATION -- REDEFINING SPORTING IMAGES -- HETEROSEXUAL FEMININITY AND THE FEAR OF MASCULINIZATION -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 8 Gender relations of power -- INTRODUCTION -- GENDER RELATIONS AND THE STATE -- EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE USA -- TARGETING WOMEN IN SPORTS -- INTERNATIONALIZATION OF WOMEN AND SPORTS -- GENDER RELATIONS AND THE HOME -- R.
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