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The companion volume to a photographic exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution combines more than 175 full-color and black-and-white photographs with personal stories to chronicle the dramatic growth of female sports and the impact of sports on a woman's sense of self and her role in society. 50,000 first printing.
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About the Author
Jane Gottesman, Game Face project director and co-curator, was a reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle, a contributing writer to Women's Sports & Fitness magazine, a writer and associate producer for ABC Sports, and co-editor of the book Play Like a Girl. She lives in Berkeley, California, and New York City.
The Game Face Collection was co-curated by Geoffrey Biddle, a photographer, educator, and author of the book Alphabet City.
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inary collection of photographs and rich personal stories that make up Game Face documents the tremendous impact that sports has on the daily lives of millions of girls and women. On playing fields and street corners, in backyards and gyms, the people in this arresting array of pictures are unselfconsciously exploring the physical and emotional pleasures of competition and play. Each image offers an affirming and satisfying answer to the question at the heart of Game Face: What do girls and women look like, freed from traditional feminine constraints, using their bodies in joyful and empowering ways?
When Title IX was passed in 1972, only one out of twenty-seven school-age girls played sports. Now one in three does. Yet their expanding involvement in sports is still largely overlooked by the media, and as a consequence, millions of young female athletes crave not only role models but an authentic and appealing reflection of their own athleticism. As a young sport
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- PublisherRandom House USA Inc
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0375506020
- ISBN 13 9780375506024
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
- EditorGottesman Jane, Marshall Penny
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