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Jaime Schultz

Women's Sports

What Everyone Needs to Know. Sprachen: Englisch. 21,0 cm / 14,0 cm / 1,6 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9780190657703

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264 Seiten
September 2018
OUP US

Using historical, contemporary, scholarly, and popular sources, Schultz traces the progress and pitfalls of women's involvement in sport. By attending to issues such as gender, sexuality, sex segregation, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, media coverage, and the sport-health connection, Schultz shows why women's sports are important for players, fans, and society.

Jaime Schultz is an associate professor of Kinesiology at Penn State, with an affiliate appointment in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. An award-winning teacher and Fulbright scholar, Schultz is the author or editor of five books and fifty article or book chapters. She also serves as the academic editor of the International Journal of the History of Sport (Americas) and as co-editor for the University of Illinois Sport and Society series.

- Chapter 1: Why Women's Sport Matters - Chapter 2: A Brief History of Women's Sports - Chapter 3: The Influence of Title IX - Chapter 4: Gender and Sport - Chapter 5: Sexualities and Sport - Chapter 6: Sex Segregation - Chapter 7: The Olympic and Paralympic Games - Chapter 8: Women, Sport, and the Media - Chapter 9: Professional Opportunities - Chapter 10: The Sport-Health Connection - Chapter 11: Moving On