M Ann Hall

The Girl and the Game

A History of Women's Sport in Canada, Second Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the second edition of this groundbreaking social history, M. Ann Hall begins with an important new chapter on Aboriginal women and early sport and ends with a new chapter tying today's trends and issues in Canadian women's sport to their origins in the past.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781442634121
• ISBN-10: 144263412X
• Artikelnr.: 44704329

Autorenporträt

M. Ann Hall is a professor emerita in the Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Aboriginals, Colonialism, and Early Victorian Sport
2. Athleticism and the "New Woman"
3. Women Take Control
4. Pushing the Boundaries
5. Competing Images
6. Media Darlings and Overlooked Champions
7. Feminist Activism for Equality
8. The Present Reflecting the Past
Sources
Index