Higher Goals

Nancy Theberge

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Language: English

Published by State University of New York Press, US, 2000

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Offers a fascinating ethnography of physicality and gender relations in women's team contact sports.Winner of the 2001 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book Award The most extensive treatment to date of women's experiences in team sports, Higher Goals provides an ethnographic account of the "Blades," a Canadian team that plays at the highest levels of women's hockey. With a vivid depiction of life on the Blades, the book follows the team over two seasons, tracing their journey to a national championship. Key issues in the sociology of sport and gender studies are explored, including the construction of community among women athletes; the "feminine apologetic" and pressures on athletes to conform to feminine ideals; homophobia and the experiences of lesbian athletes; and physicality and women's experience in contact sports.

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Title
Higher Goals
Author
Nancy Theberge
Publisher
State University of New York Press, US
Publication year
2000
Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0791446425
ISBN 13
9780791446423
Item weight
281 grams

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