Women in Sports: Breaking Barriers, Facing Obstacles

Author Adrienne N. Milner - Jomills Henry Braddock II

Publisher Praeger

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Author

Adrienne N. Milner - Jomills Henry Braddock II

Publisher

Praeger

Volume

Copyright

2017

ISBN13

9781440851254

Release

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eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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Overview

Covering a breadth of topics surrounding the current state of women in sports, this two-volume collection taps current events, sociological and feminist theory, and recent research to contextualize women's experiences in sports within a patriarchal society and highlight areas for improvement.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Introduction.
1: Action, Impact, and Beauty: The Lingerie Football League and the Pornography of Sport.
2: “Dude, Those Are Girls”: Boundary Maintenance in Women’s Full-Contact Tackle Football.
3: Sandrine Rangeon: Denied “Alien” Visa despite Out-of-This-World Abilities.
4: More Than One: What Happened When Multiple Black Female Athletes Excelled in Predominantly White Sports at the Rio Olympics.
5: How to Become a Dominant Black Female Athlete and Get Paid: The Case of Serena Williams and Gains and Costs of Athleticism and Intersectionality.
6: “It Was a Historic Game That No One Saw”: Evaluating the Cultural Citizenship and Moral Legitimacy of Women’s Professional Hockey through the Inaugural Women’s Winter Classic Outdoor Ice Hockey Game.
7: UConn Women’s Basketball: Dynasty and Dominance versus Gender Inequality in Sports Media Coverage?.
8: Turf Wars: Safety, Sexism, and the 2015 Women’s World Cup.
9: Invisible Pelotons: Women’s Cycling and the Boundaries of Professionalism.
10: Athlete Domestic Violence: Contaminating Acts and the Violation of Self-Boundaries.
11: The Hierarchy within Women’s Sports: NARPs, No-Bow Lesbos, and Horizontal Violence.
12: Team USA: Gender Diversity and Team Success at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
About the Editors and Contributors.
Volume 1 Index.
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Women in Sports: Breaking Barriers, Facing Obstacles

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