TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hargreaves,Jennifer
TI  - Sporting females: critical issues in the history and sociology of women's sports 
SN  - 0415070287
AV  - GV709.18.G7 H37 1994
U1  - 796.0194 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Sports for women
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Feminist theory
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-320) and index; List of tables --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1; Theories of sports: the neglect of gender --; 2; Sports feminism: the importance of gender --; 3; Nature and culture: introducing Victorian and Edwardian sports for women --; 4; The legitimation of female exercise: the case of physical education --; 5; Recreative and competitive sports: expansion and containment --; 6; The inter-war years: limitations and possibilities --; 7; Femininity or 'musculinity'?: changing images of female sports --; 8; Gender relations of power: institutionalized discrimination --; 9; Olympic women: a struggle for recognition --; 10; Sports for all women: problems and progress --; 11; Into the twenty-first century: diversity and empowerment --; Notes --; References --; Author index --; Subject index
ER  -