Women In Sports 2 Volumes

Download or read book Women in Sports written by Adrienne N. Milner and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2017 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering a breadth of topics surrounding the current state of women in sports, this two-volume collection taps current events, sociological and feminist theory, and recent research to contextualize women's experiences in sports within a patriarchal society and highlight areas for improvement. * Includes contributions from a wide variety of athletes and scholars from around the world and comprises content edited by two editors of different sexes and races * Challenges conventional wisdom surrounding women's place and treatment in sport as female athletes continue to break sex barriers and shatter previous expectations regarding their ability to compete against men * Relates topics of sexism, gender expectations, and discrimination to key issues within the larger social structure