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Cover of ‘Fair Sex’ to Feminism

‘Fair Sex’ to Feminism Sport and the Socialization of Women in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Eras

  • Published: 5 Nov 2013
  • DOI: 10.4324/9781315035154
  • Print ISBN: 9780714632889
  • eBook ISBN: 9781315035154

First published in 1987 with the aim of deepening understanding of the place of women in the cultural heritage of modern society, this collection of essays brings together the previously discrete perspectives of women's studies and the social history of sport.

Using feminist ideas to explore the role of sport in women's lives, From Fair Sex to Feminism is a central text in the study of sport, gender and the body.

Contents

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    Front Matter
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    Introduction: Sport and the Socialization of Women in the industrial and post-Industrial Eras
  • Overview
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      The Female Animal: Medical and Biological Views of Women and Their Role in Nineteenth-century America By Carroll Smith-Rosenberg; Charles Rosenberg
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      The Feminist Physique: Physical Education and the Medicalization of Women's Education By Paul Atkinson
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      Sport, Gender and Society in a Transatlantic Victorian Perspective By Roberta J. Park
  • British Perspectives
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      Play up! Play up! And Play the Game! Sport at the Late Victorian Girls’ Public Schools By Kathleen E. McCrone
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      Victorian Familism and the Formative Years of Female Sport By Jennifer A. Hargreaves
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      The Making and Breaking of a Female Tradition: Women's Physical Education in England 1880–1980 By Sheila Fletcher
  • Commonwealth Perspectives
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      ‘One's Nerves and Courage are in Very Different Order out in New Zealand’: Recreational and Sporting Opportunities for Women in a Remote Colonial Setting By Scott A.G.M. Crawford
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      Moral and Manly: Girls and Games in the Prestigious Church Secondary Schools of Melbourne 1901–1914 By Ray Crawford
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      Physical Activity for Canadian Women, 1890–1930: Media Views By Helen Lenskyj
  • American Perspectives
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      ‘Good Wives’ and ‘Gardeners’, Spinners and ‘Fearless Riders’: Middle- and Upper-rank Women in the Early American Sporting Culture By Nancy L. Struna
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      Body Shapes: The Role of the Medical Establishment in Informing Female Exercise and Physical Education in Nineteenth-Century North America By Patricia Vertinsky
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      The ‘Amazon’ and the American ‘Lady’: Sexual Fears of Women as Athletes By Donald J. Mrozek
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    Back Matter