| Description |
xii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Sport in the global society |
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Sport in the global society.
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| Contents |
Introduction - 'M's' in Football: Myths, Management, Marketing, Media and Money. A Reprise / Donna de Varona -- 1. Women's Soccer in the United States: Yet Another American 'Exceptionalism' / Andrei S. Markovits and Steven L. Hellerman -- 2. The Game of Choice: Girls' and Women's Soccer in Canada / M. Ann Hall -- 3. Will the 'Iron Roses' Bloom Forever? Women's Football in China: hanges and Challenges / Fan Hong and J. A. Mangan -- 4. Chains, Challenges and Changes: The Making of Women's Football in Korea / Eunha Koh -- 5. Forwards and Backwards: Women's Soccer in Twentieth-Century India / Boria Majumdar -- 6. Asserting the Right to Play - Women's Football in Denmark / Anne Brus and Else Trangbaek -- 7. The Fastest Growing Sport? Women's Football in England / Jean Williams -- 8. The Challenges of Women's Football in East and West Germany: A Comparative Study / Gertrud Pfister -- 9. Small Country - Big Results: Women's Football in Norway / Kari Fasting -- 10. Women's Football in the Republic of Ireland: Past Events and Future Prospects / Ann Bourke -- 11. A Breakthrough: Women's Football in Sweden / Jonny Hjelm and Eva Olofsson -- 12. From Heydays to Struggles: Women's Soccer in New Zealand / Barbara Cox and Shona Thompson -- 13. Football Feminine - Development of the African Game: Senegal, Nigeria and South Africa / Martha Saavedra -- 14. Women's Football in Brazil: Progress and Problems / Sebastiao Votre and Ludmila Mourao |
| Summary |
This collection considers women's football in a global context and analyses its progress, and the challenges and problems it has faced |
| Notes |
This group of studies first appeared as a special issue of "Soccer and society", Vol. 4, Nos. 2/3, summer/autumn 2003, published by Frank Cass |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Feminism and sports.
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Soccer for women.
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Soccer for women -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Mangan, J. A.
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Fan, Hong, 1957-
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| LC no. |
2004298586 |
| ISBN |
0714684082 paperback |
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0714655090 |
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