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Built to win [electronic resource] : the female athlete as cultural icon / Leslie Heywood and Shari L. Dworkin ; foreword by Julie Foudy.

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"The sculpted speed of Marion Jones. The grit and agility of Mia Hamm. The slam-dunk style of Lisa Leslie. The skill and finesse of these sports figures are widely admired, no longer causing the puzzlement and discomfort directed toward earlier generations of athletic women. Built to Win explor...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Authors: Heywood, Leslie (Author), Dworkin, Shari L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2003.
Series:Sport and culture series ; v. 5.
Subjects:
Sports for women > Social aspects > United States.
Women athletes > United States.
Feminism and sports > United States.
Sex discrimination in sports > United States.
Feminism and sports.
Sex discrimination in sports.
Sports for women > Social aspects.
Women athletes.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Julie Foudy
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue : women we love who kick butt
  • 1. Powered up or dreaming?
  • 2. Sport as the stealth feminism of the Third Wave
  • 3. A new look at female athletes and masculinity
  • 4. Bodies, babes, and the WNBA
  • 5. Body panic parity
  • 6. She will beat you up, and your papa, too
  • Epilogue : it's an image
  • Appendix. Focus-group research on youth attitudes about female athletes
  • Notes
  • Index.

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