Qualifying Times : Points of Change in U.S. Women's Sport.

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This perceptive, lively study explores US women's sport through historical 'points of change': particular products or trends that dramatically influenced both women's participation in sport and cultural responses to women athletes. Beginning with the seemingly innocent ponytail,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schultz, Jaime
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
Colección:Sport and society.
Temas:
Sports for women > Social aspects > United States.
Sports for women > United States > History.
Women athletes > United States > History.
Sports féminins > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Sports féminins > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sportives > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sports for women
Sports for women > Social aspects
Women athletes
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. What Shall We Wear for Tennis?
  • 2. Commercial Tampons and the Sportswoman, 1936â€?52
  • 3. Rules, Rulers, and the Right Kind of Competition
  • 4. Women's Sport and Questionable Sex
  • 5. From Women in Sports to the New Ideal of Beauty
  • 6. A Cultural History of the Sports Bra
  • 7. Something to Cheer About?
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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