| Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking Off a New Era Contributor(s): Hong, Fan (Editor), Mangan, J. a. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0714684082 ISBN-13: 9780714684086 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: Women's soccer is one of the world's fastest-growing sports but has been subjected to little academic scrutiny. This collection considers women's football in a global context and analyses its progress, and the challenges and problems it has faced. It shows how women's football has made a significant contribution to the emancipation of women's football in many countries. It also traces the evolution of women's football in face of resistance, rejection and prejudice and describes women footballer's struggle for equal rights in a male dominated football world. Published to coincide with the Women's World Cup in the USA, which begins in September 2003 in Atlanta, this is the first in-depth global study of women's football in 15 countries across the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Soccer |
| Dewey: 796.334 |
| LCCN: 2004298586 |
| Series: Sport in the Global Society |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.3" W x 9.24" (1.01 lbs) 302 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first in-depth global study of women's football across the world. This collection considers women's football, in fifteen countries worldwide, in a global context, and analyzes its progress, challenges and problems it has faced. It shows how women's football has made a significant contribution to the emancipation of women's football in many countries. It also traces the evolution of women's football in face of resistance, rejection and prejudice and describes women footballer's struggle for equal rights in a male dominated football world. |