Degrees of difficulty : how women's gymnastics rose to prominence and fell from grace /

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"Electrifying athletes like Olga Korbut and Nadia Comăneci helped make women's artistic gymnastics one of the most popular events in the Olympic Games. But the transition of gymnastics from a women's sport to a girl's sport in the 1970s also laid the foundation for a system of e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cervin, Georgia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana ; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
Series:Sport and society.
Subjects:
Gymnastics for women > History.
Gymnastics > Social aspects.
Gymnastics > Corrupt practices.
Gymnastics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Gymnastique féminine > Histoire.
Gymnastique > Aspect social.
Gymnastique > Pratiques déloyales.
Gymnastique > Aspect moral.
SPORTS & RECREATION > General.
Gymnastics for women.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The origins of women's artistic gymnastics
  • From amateurism to professionalism
  • Diplomacy in gymnastics and the Olympic movement
  • Making and breaking the rules
  • Feminine and feminist?
  • Coaching and culture
  • Conclusion.

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