Throw like a girl, cheer like a boy : the evolution of gender, identity, and race in sports / Robyn Ryle.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]Description: x, 175 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538130667
  • 1538130661
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Throw like a girl, cheer like a boyDDC classification:
  • 306.4/83 23
LOC classification:
  • GV706.5 .R95 2020
Contents:
When all cheerleaders were boys : sports and gender segregation -- How to tell if a woman is really a woman : gender testing and the Olympics -- Throwing like a girl : are men really better athletes than women? -- Sport for everyone? : the case of transgender athletes -- Bow or no bow? : sexuality in women's sports -- Inside the boys' locker room : homophobia and men's sports -- Why the Dutch are so good at baseball : globalization, sports, and the legacy of colonialism -- The best Italian baseball player is black : how the histories of sport and race intertwine -- Riding a bike, raising a fist and taking a knee : the long history of sports, activism and social change.
Summary: "This book looks at the intersection of sports and identities, using sports to reveal the complicated history of gender, sexuality, race, and social justice while connecting those stories to the world of today's athletes. It highlights the ways sports often contribute to inequalities, but also how they can help make the world more accepting"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

When all cheerleaders were boys : sports and gender segregation -- How to tell if a woman is really a woman : gender testing and the Olympics -- Throwing like a girl : are men really better athletes than women? -- Sport for everyone? : the case of transgender athletes -- Bow or no bow? : sexuality in women's sports -- Inside the boys' locker room : homophobia and men's sports -- Why the Dutch are so good at baseball : globalization, sports, and the legacy of colonialism -- The best Italian baseball player is black : how the histories of sport and race intertwine -- Riding a bike, raising a fist and taking a knee : the long history of sports, activism and social change.

"This book looks at the intersection of sports and identities, using sports to reveal the complicated history of gender, sexuality, race, and social justice while connecting those stories to the world of today's athletes. It highlights the ways sports often contribute to inequalities, but also how they can help make the world more accepting"-- Provided by publisher.

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