Crossing boundaries : an international anthology of women's experiences in sport /
Susan J. Bandy, Anne S. Darden, editors.
- xvi, 311 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Prelude -- Acknowledgments -- The Outsiders: Cheerleaders, Lamenters, and Rebels -- Lost and Won -- The Hunting of the Hare -- Boys of These Men Full Speed -- Hang-gliders in January -- The Sprinters -- Smalltown Dance -- Young Girls Running -- Golf -- Women's Tug of War at Lough Arrow -- A Study for the Badminton Game -- Hotshot -- Marathoner -- Running -- on watching a world series game -- The Jockey -- The Splendid Outcast -- Why Aren't Women Racing at Indy? Janet Guthrie Knows -- A Marble Game in 1955 -- Playing Pool -- The Lady Pitcher -- Change-Ups -- first peace -- Dear Body. -- Little League Women -- Athletic -- Pumping Iron -- Disappearing -- The Dancer -- Belly Dancer -- Learning to Ride -- what if I become a body builder? -- Hard-Hitting Woman: Winning the Serve -- A Running Girl: Fragments of My Body History -- The Swimmer -- Runner Resumes Training After an Injury -- "Muscles" Hougen Comes Out of Softball Retirement -- Late Bloomers -- Antarctica Considers Her Explorers -- To A Woman Caving -- Biking at Dusk along the Charles -- Runner at Twilight -- Swimmers -- The Nude Swim -- Swimming the Body's Water -- The Swimmer -- Woman and Nature: The Bond With the Hunted -- The Mighty Hunter -- Men Fishing in the Arno -- Hooked -- Fishing -- Lady with a Falcon -- Song of the Fisherman's Lover -- Birdshooting Season -- The Goring -- The Buck -- time of fish dying -- The Falconers -- Death Invited -- His Power: He Tames What Is Wild -- Jacklight -- Fishing Off Nova Scotia -- The Trappers -- The Weighing -- In Yellow Grass -- The Contact Imperative -- Basket-Ball at Bryn Mawr -- Transit -- Red Runner -- Running With Helena -- The Interpretation of Baseball -- City Ball -- The Pain Business -- The Cyclist -- Ping-Pong Doubles Match -- On Not Shooting Sitting Birds -- A Swimming Lesson -- In the Ocean -- Woman Skating -- Daughter, Diving -- Golf Lesson -- Teaching Chess to a Daughter -- Lines -- Outswimming -- Sometimes in Winter -- Morning Athletes -- Soccer by Moonlight -- The Locker Room -- Competition -- Prothalamion -- Pair Partner -- State of Grace -- Phantasia for Elvira Shatayev -- Encounters With Sport: Discovery of Self -- A Winter Ride -- I Dance -- First Dive -- The Dive -- April Fools on Polar Circus -- Surfing -- The Tournament -- Posting-Up -- Her Marathon -- Women Who Run -- Running -- Swimming -- Mary Bacon Loses Her Final Race -- Margarethe "Gretel" Bergmann from How She Played the Game -- Contest -- The Uni-Gym -- Early Morning Swim -- Beyond Gender, Space, and Time: Dervish Rhythms in the Games of the Gods -- Golden Section, Giants Stadium -- Frozen Motion -- Dancers Exercising -- Martha Graham -- Breaking the Speed Record -- Amateur Athletic Meeting -- The Runner -- Dance Memories -- Song for Girls or Balance Beams -- Greek Dances I -- Greek Dances II -- Muscle Like Metaphor Pulls Thin and Tough -- African Chess 1977 -- Between Hard Rocks and Savage Winds I Try -- Rowing -- The Swimmer -- A Game of Ball. Pt. I. Pt. II. Pt. III. Pt. IV. Pt. V. Pt. VI.
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