Women and sports in the United States [electronic resource] : a documentary reader / Jean O'Reilly and Susan K. Cahn, editors.

Contributor(s): O'Reilly, Jean | Cahn, Susan K | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2007Description: xxx, 377 pISBN: 9781555537876 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Sports for women -- United States | Women athletes -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 796.082 LOC classification: GV709.18.U6 | O74 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
pt. 1. Pioneering women in sport -- pt. 2. Negotiating masculinity and femininity : the female athlete as oxymoron -- pt. 3. Competing bodies : physiological, biological, and psychological issues -- pt. 4. Building inequality into sport : institutionalized bias -- pt. 5. Sexuality and sport -- pt. 6. The feminine image in sports and sports media -- pt. 7. Law and equity : Title IX and its aftermath.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Pioneering women in sport -- pt. 2. Negotiating masculinity and femininity : the female athlete as oxymoron -- pt. 3. Competing bodies : physiological, biological, and psychological issues -- pt. 4. Building inequality into sport : institutionalized bias -- pt. 5. Sexuality and sport -- pt. 6. The feminine image in sports and sports media -- pt. 7. Law and equity : Title IX and its aftermath.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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