Philippa Velija

Gebundenes Buch

Women's Cricket and Global Processes

The Emergence and Development of Women's Cricket as a Global Game

Beschreibung

How can the diffusion and development of women's cricket as a global sport be explained? Women 's Cricket and Global Processes considers the emergence and growth of women's cricket around the world and seeks to provide a sociological explanation for how and why the women's game has developed the way it has.

Autor

Philippa Velija is Head of Programme for Sport Development & Education at York St John University, UK. She applies sociological theories to understanding sport, and in particular she considers gender relations in sport. She has previously published on women's cricket, women and the martial arts and female jockeys. Philippa's research draws on figurational sociology to develop a long term sociological perspective on power relations in women's involvement in sport.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-32351-4
• 1st ed. 2015
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9781137323514
• ISBN-10: 1137323515
• Artikelnr.: 41855933