University Of Central Florida: 5 books

Book cover of Women Politicking Politely

Women Politicking Politely

Advancing Feminism in the 1960s and 1970s

by Kimberly Wilmot Voss, University of Central Florida
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2017

This book includes the relatively unknown stories of six important women who laid the foundation for improving women’s equality in the U.S. While they largely worked behind the scenes, they made a significant impact. In the group are two female political operatives who worked behind the scenes along...
Book cover of Learning Culture through Sports

Learning Culture through Sports

Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports

by Doug Abrams, Cheryl Cooky, Rylee Dionigi
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010

In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical context...
Book cover of Feminists, Feminisms, and Advertising

Feminists, Feminisms, and Advertising

Some Restrictions Apply

by Jillian M. Báez, Jacqueline Lambiase, Ann Marie Nicolosi
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017

Feminists, Feminisms, and Advertising provides feminist analyses of the historical relationships between the advertising industry and the women’s movement in the United States. Contributors consider the ways that advertisers encode race, ethnicity, gender, and heteronormativity into advertising...
Book cover of Smashing Barriers

Smashing Barriers

Race and Sport in the New Millenium

by Richard Lapchick, University of Central Florida
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2001

Filled with stories about sports figures like Muhammad Ali, Roberto Clemente, Tony Elliot, Tiger Woods, and Venus and Serena Williams, this new edition describes the changing face of diversity in sport (the growing numbers of Latino and female college and professional athletes). He addresses the value...
Book cover of The Food Section

The Food Section

Newspaper Women and the Culinary Community

by Kimberly Wilmot Voss, University of Central Florida
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014

Food blogs are everywhere today but for generations, information and opinions about food were found in the food sections of newspapers in communities large and small. Until the early 1970s, these sections were housed in the women’s pages of newspapers—where women could hold an authoritative voice....
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