| Cover |
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| Sporting Females |
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| Contents |
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| Tables |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Introduction |
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| Chapter 1 Theories of sports |
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| INTRODUCTION |
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| THE PROBLEM OF SEXUAL DIFFERENCE |
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| POPULAR IDEAS ABOUT SPORTS |
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| POPULAR IDEAS ABOUT GENDER |
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| ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH |
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| FIGURATIONAL SOCIOLOGY |
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| MARXISM |
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| NEO-MARXIST APPROACHES: ECONOMISM |
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| STRUCTURALIST MARXISM: THEORIES OF REPRODUCTION |
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| CULTURAL MARXISM: HEGEMONY THEORY |
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| Chapter 2 Sports feminism |
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| FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES |
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| EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY |
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| SEPARATISM |
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| POSITIVE ACTION |
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| UNNECESSARY DIVISIONS |
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| CAPITALIST RELATIONS AND GENDER RELATIONS |
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| GENDER AND CLASS |
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| MAKING WOMEN'S SPORTS POLITICAL |
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| AGENCY AND CONSTRAINT |
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| DAMAGED MEN |
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| STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE |
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| Chapter 3 Nature and culture |
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| CONSTRUCTING DIFFERENCES |
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| THE NATURE OF WOMAN |
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| THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE |
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| CAPITALISM AND BOURGEOIS PROSPERITY |
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| VICTORIAN FAMILISM |
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| CONSPICUOUS RECREATION |
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| FEMALE EDUCATION AND EXERCISE FOR GIRLS |
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| Chapter 4 The legitimation of female exercise |
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| ELITE DAY SCHOOLS |
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| PUBLIC BOARDING SCHOOLS |
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| HEALTH AND MORALITY |
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| EXERCISE FOR WORKING-CLASS GIRLS |
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| THE LEGEND OF MADAME ÖSTERBERG |
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| FEMINIST CONCERNS AND LIMITATIONS |
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| CLASS RELATIONS |
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| THE GROWTH OF A NEW PROFESSION |
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| A PROCESS OF STRUGGLE |
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| Chapter 5 Recreative and competitive sports |
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| ELITE SPORTS |
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| SPORTING SENSUALITY |
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| DEALING WITH OPPOSITION |
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| RATIONALIZED SPORTS |
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| THE POLY CLUBS |
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| THE CONSTANT FOCUS ON BIOLOGY |
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| PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRATIZATION |
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| THE PROBLEM OF LEISURE |
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| Chapter 6 The inter-war years |
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| EXCITEMENT AND SPECTACLE |
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| FEMALE SPORTS AND CLASS |
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| SPORTS IN SCHOOLS |
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| ORGANIZATION AND GROWTH |
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| STRUGGLING FOR RESOURCES |
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| FOLLOWING THE MEN |
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| FURTHER EXPANSION |
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| STRUGGLING FOR WOMEN'S ATHLETICS |
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| THE 'NATURAL' BODY |
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| WOMEN'S BODIES AND THE STATE |
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| INCREASED DEMOCRATIZATION |
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| WORKERS' SPORTS FOR WOMEN |
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| PLAYING MEN'S SPORTS |
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| 'LOW-LIFE' SPORTS |
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| CONCLUSION |
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| Chapter 7 Femininity or 'musculinity'? |
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| GENDER-AN ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE |
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| GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY |
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| GENDER DIFFERENCES IN CHILDREN'S WEEKLIES |
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| GENDER DIVISIONS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS |
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| PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS |
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| BREAKING TRADITIONS |
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| DROPPING OUT |
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| THE CULT OF ADOLESCENT FEMININITY |
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| THE POWER OF GIRLS' WEEKLIES |
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| IMAGE-MAKING AND THE SEXUALIZED FEMALE BODY |
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| BODY MAINTENANCE AND 'THE LOOK' |
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| OBJECTIFYING THE FEMALE BODY |
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| STEREOTYPED FEMININITY |
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| TECHNIQUES OF SEXUALIZATION |
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| SPORTS AND EROTICIZATION |
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| REDEFINING SPORTING IMAGES |
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| HETEROSEXUAL FEMININITY AND THE FEAR OF MASCULINIZATION |
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| Chapter 8 Gender relations of power |
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| GENDER RELATIONS AND THE STATE |
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| EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE USA |
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| TARGETING WOMEN IN SPORTS |
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| INTERNATIONALIZATION OF WOMEN AND SPORTS |
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| GENDER RELATIONS AND THE HOME |
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