Sports Heroines on Film
Subtitle: A Critical Study of Cinematic Women Athletes, Coaches and Owners
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Nov 03, 2014
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780786476619
Description: "Sports films are a popular genre. In some ways they are akin to highlight reels, depicting the emotional climax of wins and losses, aggression and dominance. They also epitomize the kind of propaganda of male dominant culture, packaged for entertainment purposes. This discussion of sports film heroines begins with National Velvet (1944) and ends with Secretariat (2010)"--
Notes: Source title: Sports Heroines on Film: A Critical Study of Cinematic Women Athletes, Coaches and Owners