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Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation Kicking off a New Era
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Routledge
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Routledge
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Routledge
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This is the first in-depth global study of women's football across the world. This collection considers women's football, in fifteen countries worldwide, in a global context, and analyzes its progress, challenges and problems it has faced.
It shows how women's football has made a significant contribution to the emancipation of women's football in many countries. It also traces the... Read more
Chapter 1 Women’s Soccer in the United States: Yet Another American ‘Exceptionalism’, Andrei S Markovits, Steven L Markovits; Chapter 2 The Game of Choice: Girls’ and Women’s Soccer in Canada, M.Ann Hall; Chapter 3 Will the ‘Iron Roses’ Bloom Forever? Women’s Football in China: Changes and Challenges, Fan Hong, J.A. Mangan; Chapter 4 Chains, Challenges and Changes: The Making of Women’s Football in Korea, Eunha Koh; Chapter 5 Forwards and Backwards: Women’s Soccer in Twentieth-Century India, Boria Majumdar; Chapter 6 Asserting the Right to Play—Women’s Football in Denmark, Anne Brus, Else Trangbæk; Chapter 7 The Fastest Growing Sport? Women’s Football in England, Jean Williams; Chapter 8 The Challenges of Women’s Football in East and West Germany: A Comparative Study, Gertrud Pfister; Chapter 9 Small Country—big Results: Women’s Football in Norway, Kari Fasting; Chapter 10 Women’s Football in the Republic of Ireland: Past Events and Future Prospects, Ann Bourke; Chapter 11 A Breakthrough: Women’s Football in Sweden, Jonny Hjelm, Eva Olofsson; Chapter 12 From Heydays to Struggles: Women’s Soccer in New Zealand, Barbara Cox, Shona Thompson; Chapter 13 Football Feminine—Development of the African Game: Senegal, Nigeria and South Africa, Martha Saavedra; Chapter 14 Women’s Football in Brazil: Progress and Problems, Sebasti ão Votre, Ludmila Mour ão;
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Hong Fan
