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Title:
Women's sports : what everyone needs to know / Jaime Schultz.
Author:
Schultz, Jaime, author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Call Number:
GV709 .S38 2018
Abstract:
"Using historical, contemporary, scholarly, and popular sources, Schultz traces the progress and pitfalls of women's involvement in sport. In the signature question-and-answer format of the What Everyone Needs to Know series, this ... book clarifies misconceptions that dog women's athletics and offers ... context and history to illuminate the struggles and inequalities sportswomen continue to face"--Publisher marketing.
ISBN:
9780190657703

9780190657710
Series:
What everyone needs to know

What everyone needs to know.
Physical Description:
xviii, 243 pages ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Why women's sport matters -- Chapter 2: A brief history of women's sports -- Chapter 3: The Influence of Title IX -- Chapter 4: Gender and sport -- Chapter 5: Sexualities and sport -- Chapter 6: Sex segregation -- Chapter 7: The Olympic and Paralympic Games -- Chapter 8: Women, sport, and the media -- Chapter 9: Professional opportunities -- Chapter 10: The sport-health connection -- Chapter 11: Moving on.
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