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Coming On Strong : Gender and Sexuality in Women's Sport /

"Acclaimed since its original publication, Coming on Strong has become a much-cited touchstone in scholarship on women and sports. In this new edition, Susan K. Cahn updates her detailed history of women's sport and the struggles over gender, sexuality, race, class, and policy that have of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cahn, Susan K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2015.
Edición:Second Edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Acclaimed since its original publication, Coming on Strong has become a much-cited touchstone in scholarship on women and sports. In this new edition, Susan K. Cahn updates her detailed history of women's sport and the struggles over gender, sexuality, race, class, and policy that have often defined it. A new chapter explores the impact of Title IX and how the opportunities and interest in sports it helped create reshaped women's lives even as the legislation itself came under sustained attack."--OverDrive content reserve.
Notas:"First Illinois paperback, 2015"--T.p. verso.
First edition title: Coming on strong : gender and sexuality in twentieth-century women's sport.
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780252097522