Title: Sporting females : critical issues in the history and sociology of women's sports /
Authors: Hargreaves, Jennifer, 1937-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Sports for women Great Britain History.; Sports for women Sociological aspects.; Feminist theory.; Sports history; Women history; Feminism history; Sports sociology.
Contents: 1. Theories of sports: the neglect of gender -- 2. Sports feminism: the importance of gender -- 3. Nature and culture: introducing Victorian and Edwardian sports for women -- 4. The legitimation of female exercise: the case of physical education -- 5. Recreative and competitive sports: expansion and containment -- 6. The inter-war years: limitations and possibilities -- 7. Femininity or 'musculinity'?: changing images of female sports -- 8. Gender relations of power: institutionalized discrimination -- 9. Olympic women: a struggle for recognition -- 10. Sports for all women: problems and progress -- 11. Into the twenty-first century: diversity and empowerment.