Athletic intruders : ethnographic research on women, culture, and exercise / edited by Anne Bolin and Jane Granskog. - x, 294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations . - SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Reflexive Ethnography, Women, and Sporting Activities / Just "Tri" and "Du" It: The Variable Impact of Female Involvement in the Triathlon/Duathlon Sport Culture / Postmodern Aerobics: Contradiction and Resistance / Cultural Expressions of African American Female Athletes in Intercollegiate Sport / Beauty or the Beast: The Subversive Soma / A Woman's Place is in the ... Cardiovascular Room?? Gender Relations, the Body, and the Gym / Women Who Ride: The Bitch in the Back is Dead / "I Was There ...": Gendered Limitations, Expectations, and Strategic Assumptions in the World of Co-ed Softball / Changing Body Aesthetics: Diet and Exercise Fads in a Newfoundland Outport Community / Kicking Stereotypes into Touch: An Ethnographic Account of Women's Rugby / Afterword: Pastimes and Presentimes: Theoretical Issues in Research on Women in Action / Anne Bolin and Jane Granskog -- Anne Bolin and Jane Granskog -- Jane Granskog -- Pirkko Markula -- Terese M. Peretto Stratta -- Anne Bolin -- Shari L. Dworkin -- Barbara Joans -- Faye Linda Wachs -- Dona Davis -- P. David Howe -- Anne Bolin and Jane Granskog. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10.

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Physical education for women--Social aspects
Sports for women--Social aspects
Body image in women--Social aspects
Feminist theory

GV439 / .A84 2003

306.483