Women in Sports [2 volumes] : Breaking Barriers, Facing Obstacles [2 volumes] /: Breaking Barriers, Facing Obstacles [2 volumes]. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Adrienne N. Milner, Jomills Henry Braddock II.
• Editors: Milner, Adrienne N; II, Jomills Henry Braddock
• Contents: 1 What Shall I Play? Individual, Interpersonal, and Contextual Correlates of Girls' Interscholastic Sport ParticipationAshley Beth Mikulyuk, Jomills Henry Braddock II, and Adrienne N. Milner2 "A Chocolate Chip in a Sea of Milk": Black Women Reflect on the Challenges of Embodying the Runner IdentityAlicia Smith-Tran3 Working in a Male-Dominated Sport Profession: Female Football OfficialHeidi Nordstrom4 Hyperfemininity and Sexlessness: Women's Strategies for Inclusion in SurfingVanessa M. Kauffman5 Modern Female Fighters: Barriers Women Face in BoxingAnne Tjønndal6 Fat and Strong to Thin and Frail: Hyper-regulating the Female Athletic BodyBrittany Harder and Felecia Theune7 Strength in Numbers: An Explorative Study into the Experiences of Female Strength and Conditioning Coaches in the UKNicola Medlin-Silver, Pete Lampard, and Tanya Lynsey Bunsell8 Identity Development and Postgraduate Aspirations of Female College Student-AthletesKristina M. Navarro, Michael J. Salm, and Jennifer Mary Scherer9 Segregated Bodies: Gender Reproduction within College SportsKirsten Michelle Hextrum10 Out of Our League: Femininity and Athletic Excellence in the French Media's Coverage of Women's Soccer and Basketball GamesYann Descamps11 Playing Sports, Wearing Headscarves: Marginalizing versus Mainstreaming Religious Garments as Social ContractsOlesya Venger12 The Glass Door: Early-Career Women in Collegiate AthleticsRobin Hardin, Elizabeth Taylor, Jessica Siegele, and Allison SmithAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : Praeger
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (560 pages)
• Subjects: Sports & Recreation -- Essays; Sports & Recreation -- Sociology of Sports; Social Science -- Women's Studies; Gender studies, gender groups
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216166832
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.