Women's Sports: What Everyone Needs to Know

By Jaime Schultz

Book Overview

Using historical, contemporary, scholarly, and popular sources, Schultz traces the progress and pitfalls of women's involvement in sport. By attending to issues such as gender, sexuality, sex segregation, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, media coverage, and the sport-health connection, Schultz shows why women's sports are important for players, fans, and society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190657707
• ISBN13: 9780190657703
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.2"