Qualifying times : points of change in U.S. women's sport /

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This perceptive, lively study explores U.S. 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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Schultz, Jaime
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2014]
Collection:Sport and society.
Sujets:
Sports for women > United States > History.
Sports for women > Social aspects > United States.
Women athletes > United States > History.
Sports féminins > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sports féminins > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Sportives > États-Unis > Histoire.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
Sports for women
Sports for women > Social aspects
Women athletes
Frauensport
Sozialer Wandel
United States
USA
Electronic books.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: the politics of the ponytail
  • What shall we wear for tennis?
  • Commercial tampons and the sportswoman, 1936-52
  • Rules, rulers, and the "right kind" of competition
  • Women's sport and questionable sex
  • From "women in sports" to the "new ideal of beauty"
  • A cultural history of the sports bra
  • Something to cheer about?
  • Epilogue: cheering with reserve.

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