Jennifer Hargreaves: 2 books
Sporting Females
Critical Issues in the History and Sociology of Women's Sport
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
1994 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award
An outstanding contribution to feminist analysis of sport from the nineteenth century to the present day. Jennifer Hargreaves views sport as a battle for control of the physical body and an important area for feminist intervention. Placing women at the centre of discussion, no other book is as comprehensive.
Heroines of Sport
The Politics of Difference and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Heroines of Sport looks closely at different groups of women whose stories have been excluded from previous accounts of women's sports and female heroism. It focuses on five specific groups of women from different places in the world: Black women in South Africa; Muslim women from the Middle East;...