Sport and gender in Canada / edited by Kevin Young and Philip White. - Second edition. - xxi, 338 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

S/he plays sport? : theorizing the sport/gender process / Sport, gender, and research method / Cultural struggle and resistance : gender, history, and Canadian sport / Public importance of men and the importance of public men : sport and masculinities in nineteenth century Canada / Social class and gender : intersections in sport and physical activity / Levelling the playing field : promoting the health of poor women through a community development approach to recreation / Doing race, doing gender : First Nations, 'sport', and gender relations / Acting your age? : gender, aging, and physical activity / Sexualities, genders, and bodies in sport : changing practices of inequality / Gender relations in Canadian amateur sport organizations : an organizational culture perspective / Oppression is the message : media, sport, spectacle, and gender / Eating disorders, physical activity, and sport : biological, psychological, and sociological factors / Gender, sport, and the injury process / Who's fair game? : sport, sexual harassment, and abuse / Hazing as a form of sport and gender socialization / Melissa Parker and Philip White -- Michael Atkinson -- M. Ann Hall -- Kevin B. Wamsley -- Peter Donnelly and Jean Harvey -- Wendy Frisby, Colleen Reid, and Pamela Ponic -- Victoria Paraschak -- Patricia Vertinsky and Sandra O'Brien Cousins -- Kevin G. Davison and Blye W. Frank -- Sally Shaw and Larena Hoeber -- Brian Wilson -- Caroline Davis -- Philip White and Kevin Young -- Peter Donnelly -- Jamie Bryshun and Kevin Young.

"This thoroughly revised collection examines a wide range of gender related issues, all of which contribute to a larger body of knowledge about how gender operates as a key factor in the way sport is played, organized, and funded in Canada."--Publisher description.

0195419871 9780195419870

2007617356


Sex discrimination in sports--Canada
Sports--Sociological aspects
Sports--Social aspects--Canada

GV706.5 / .S69313 2007

306.4830971