Contributor
Costa, D. Margaret, 1940-
Imprint:Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c1994.
Descriptionxvi, 399 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Note:PART I. HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF WOMEN'S SPORT: From the history of women in sport to women's sport history: a research agenda / Catriona M. Parratt -- In the beginning: the ancient and medieval worlds / June Kennard, John Marshall Carter -- From "genteel diversions" to "bruising peg": active pastimes, exercise, and sports for females in lated 17th- and 18th-century Europe / Roberta J. Park -- The recreational experiences of early American women / Nancy L. Struna --Women, sport, and exercise in the 19th century / Patricia Vertinsky -- The story of women's athletics: manipulating a dream 1890-1985 / Joan S. Hult -- From Lowell Mills to the Halls of Fame: industrial league sport for women / Lynne Emery -- A century of Olympic competition / Paula Welch, D. Margaret Costa -- PART II: BIOMEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS: It's mostly a matter of metric / Jackie L. Hudson -- Body composition / Patty Freedson -- Cardiovascular fitness / Patty Freedson -- Muscle strength and endurance / Patty Freedson -- Endocrine basis of exercise-induced amenorrhea / Mary Jane De Souza, Joan Carles Arce, Deborah A. Metzger -- Exercise and bone health across the life span / Mary Jane De Souza, Joan Carles Arce, John C. Nulsen, Jacqueline L. Puhl -- PART III. PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS: Feminist perspectives: intersections with women and sport / D. Margaret Costa, Sharon R. Guthrie -- Psychological perspectives on women in sport and exercise / Diane L. Gill -- She flies through the air with the greatest of ease: the contributions of feminist psychology / Mary E. Duquin -- The significance of body image in psychosocial development and in emboyding feminist perspectives / Sharon R. Guthrie, Shirley Castelnuovo -- The sociological study of women and sport / Nancy Theberge, Susan Birrell -- Structural constraints facing women in sport / Nancy Theberge, Susan Birrell -- Ideological control of women in sport / Susan Birrell, Nancy Theberge -- Feminist resistance and transformation in sport / Susan Birrell, Nancy Theberge.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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