‘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
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
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Overview
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1The 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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2The Feminist Physique: Physical Education and the Medicalization of Women's Education By Paul Atkinson
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3Sport, Gender and Society in a Transatlantic Victorian Perspective By Roberta J. Park
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British Perspectives
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4Play up! Play up! And Play the Game! Sport at the Late Victorian Girls’ Public Schools By Kathleen E. McCrone
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5Victorian Familism and the Formative Years of Female Sport By Jennifer A. Hargreaves
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6The Making and Breaking of a Female Tradition: Women's Physical Education in England 1880–1980 By Sheila Fletcher
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Commonwealth Perspectives
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7‘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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8Moral and Manly: Girls and Games in the Prestigious Church Secondary Schools of Melbourne 1901–1914 By Ray Crawford
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9Physical Activity for Canadian Women, 1890–1930: Media Views By Helen Lenskyj
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American Perspectives
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10‘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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11Body 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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12The ‘Amazon’ and the American ‘Lady’: Sexual Fears of Women as Athletes By Donald J. Mrozek
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Back Matter