Sporting Females: Critical Issues in the History and Sociology of Women's Sport

Hargreaves, Jennifer

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1994 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book AwardAn outstanding contribution to feminist analysis of sport from the nineteenth century to the present day. Jennifer Hargreaves views sport as a battle for control of the physical body and an important area for feminist intervention. Placing women at the centre of discussion, no other book is as comprehensive.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780415070287
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	07 Apr 1994
Edition:	1st edition
DEWEY:	796.082
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	344
Weight:	530g
Height:	232mm
Width:	157mm
Spine width:	22mm