Higher Goals (Suny Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)
ISBN-13:
9780791446423
ISBN-10:
0791446425
Author:
Nancy Theberge
Publication date:
2000
Publisher:
SUNY Press
Format:
Paperback
200 pages
Category:
Hockey
,
Lacrosse
,
Other Team Sports
,
Racquetball
,
Racket Sports
,
Sociology
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ISBN-13:
9780791446423
ISBN-10:
0791446425
Author:
Nancy Theberge
Publication date:
2000
Publisher:
SUNY Press
Format:
Paperback
200 pages
Category:
Hockey
,
Lacrosse
,
Other Team Sports
,
Racquetball
,
Racket Sports
,
Sociology
Summary
Higher Goals (Suny Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations) (ISBN-13: 9780791446423 and ISBN-10: 0791446425), written by authors
Nancy Theberge, was published by SUNY Press in 2000.
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Description
Offers a fascinating ethnography of physicality and gender relations in women's team contact sports.
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.
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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