1st Edition

Gender and Sport: A Reader

Edited By Anne Flintoff, Sheila Scraton Copyright 2001
328 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

This reader contains a range of highly influential articles that confront and illuminate issues of gender and sport whilst reflecting on the contribution of international feminist scholarship to the study of sport. It addresses the key issues, theoretical debates and empirical research that have informed the study of gender and sport and continue to do so. Key areas covered include: * theories... Read more
Introduction Part one: Theorising Gender and Sport Part Two: Historical Developments: The Engendering of Sport Part Three: The Media and Representation Part Four: Race and Culture Part Five: Sexualities Part Six: Bodies, Physicality and Power Part Seven: Men and Masculinities Part Eight: Policy and Politics

Biography

Anne Flintoff, Sheila Scraton