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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Leslie Heywood; Shari L Dworkin |
| ISBN: | 0816636230 9780816636235 0816636249 9780816636242 |
| OCLC Number: | 51304091 |
| Description: | xxix, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword / Julie Foudy -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue : women we love who kick butt -- 1. Powered up or dreaming? -- 2. Sport as the stealth feminism of the Third Wave -- 3. A new look at female athletes and masculinity -- 4. Bodies, babes, and the WNBA -- 5. Body panic parity -- 6. She will beat you up, and your papa, too -- Epilogue : it's an image -- appendix. Focus-group research on youth attitudes about female athletes -- Notes -- Index. |
| Series Title: | Sport and culture series, v. 5. |
| Responsibility: | Leslie Heywood and Shari L. Dworkin ; foreword by Julie Foudy. |
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