Playing Nice: Politics and Apologies in Women's Sports

by Mary Jo Festle

Book Overview

This discussion of women's entry into the male-dominated world of sports chronicles the evolution of public attitudes and private ambitions from the 1950s to the present. The book identifies the intricacies of equality, difference and self-determination that have shaped women's participation in sport. Highlighting tennis, basketball and intercollegiate sports, the book explores the strategies which women have used to assert dual roles as athletes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231101627
• ISBN13: 9780231101622
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher