Research Catalog

Title

Women and sport : interdisciplinary perspectives / D. Margaret Costa, editor, Sharon R. Guthrie, editor.

Publication

Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics Publishers, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Costa, D. Margaret, 1940-
• Guthrie, Sharon Ruth, 1950-

Description

xvi, 399 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Sports for women
• Sports for women > Social aspects
• Sports for women > Physiological aspects
• Sports for women > Psychological aspects

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• From the history of women in sport to women's sport history : a research agenda / Catriona M. Parratt -- In the beginning : the ancient and medieval worlds / June Kennard, John Marshall Carter -- From "genteel diversions" to "Bruising Peg" : active pastimes, exercise, and sports for females in late 17th- and 18th-century Europe / Roberta J. Park -- The recreational experiences of early American women / Nancy L. Struna -- Women, sport, and exercise in the 19th century / Patricia Vertinsky -- The story of women's athletics : manipulating a dream 1890-1985 / Joan S. Hult -- From Lowell mills to the halls of fame: industrial league sport for women / Lynne Emery -- A century of Olympic competition / Paula Welch, D. Margaret Costa -- It's mostly a matter of metric / Jackie L. Hudson -- Body composition / Patty Freedson -- Cardiovascular fitness / Patty Freedson -- Muscle strength and endurance / Patty Freedson --
• Endocrine basis of exercise-induced amenorrhea / Mary Jane De Souza, Joan Carles Arce, Deborah A. Metzger -- Exercise and bone health across the life span / Mary Jane De Souza ... [et al.] -- Feminist perspectives : intersections with women and sport / D. Margaret Costa, Sharon R. Guthrie -- Psychological perspectives on women in sport and exercise / Diane L. Gill -- She flies through the air with the greatest of ease : the contributions of feminist psychology / Mary E. Duquin -- The significance of body image in psychosocial development and in embodying feminist perspectives / Sharon R. Guthrie, Shirley Castelnuovo -- The sociological study of women and sport / Nancy Theberge, Susan Birrell -- Structural constraints facing women in sport / Nancy Theberge, Susan Birrell -- Ideological control of women in sports / Susan Birrell, Nancy Theberge -- Feminist resistance and transformation in sport / Susan Birrell, Nancy Theberge.

Call Number

JFE 94-15446

ISBN

0873226860

LCCN

93050167

OCLC

29636840

Title

Women and sport : interdisciplinary perspectives / D. Margaret Costa, editor, Sharon R. Guthrie, editor.

Imprint

Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics Publishers, 1994.

Added Author

Costa, D. Margaret, 1940-

Guthrie, Sharon Ruth, 1950-

Research Call Number

JFE 94-15446