No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change

by Michael A. Messner, Cheryl Cooky, Professor Michael A. Messner

Book Overview

In just a few decades, sport has undergone a radical gender transformation. However, Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner suggest that the progress toward gender equity in sports is far from complete. The continuing barriers to full and equal participation for young people, the far lower pay for most elite-level women athletes, and the continuing dearth of fair and equal media coverage all underline how much still has yet to change before we see gender...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813592046
• ISBN13: 9780813592046
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher