Abstract

This text - the product of more than 10 years of instruction and research - is the comprehensive study on the past, present and future of women and sport and sheds light on the women's sport experience. Three major subdisciplinary areas in sport and exercise science will be examined: historical and cultural foundations, biomedical considerations, and psychological and social dimensions. The book contains the following topics: 1. Parratt, Catriona M.: From the History of Women in Sport to Women's Sport History: A Research Agenda. 2. Kennard, June and John Marshall Carter: In the Beginning: The Ancient and Medieval Worlds. 3. Park, Roberta J.: From "Genteel Diversion" to "Bruising Peg": Active Pastimes, Exercise, and Sports for Females in Late 17th- and 18th - Century Europe. 4. Struna, Nancy L.: The Recreational Experiences of Early American Women. 5. Vertinsky, Patricia: Women, Sport, and Exercise in the 19th Century. 6. Hult, Joan S.: The Story of Women's Athletics: Manipulating a Dream 1890-1985. 7. Emery, Lynne: From Lowell Mills to the Halls of Fame: Industrial League Sport for Women. 8. Welch, Paula and D. Margaret Costa: A Century of Olympic Competition. 9. Hudson, Jackie L.: It's Mostly a Matter of Metric. 10. Freedson, Patty: Body Composition. 11. Freedson, Patty: Cardiovascular Fitness. 12. Freedson, Patty: Muscle Strength and Endurance. 13. De Souza, Mary Jane, Joan Carles Arce and Deborah A. Metzger: Endocrine Basis of Exercise-Induced Amenorrhea. 14. De Souza, Mary Jane, Joan Carles Arce, John C. Nulsen and Deborah A. Metzger: Across the Life Span. 15. Costa, D. Margaret and Sharon R. Guthrie: Feminist Perspectives: Intersections With Women and Sport. 16. Gill, Diane L.: Psychological Perspectives on Women in Sport and Exercise. 17. Duquin, Mary E.: She Flies Through the Air With the Greatest of Ease: The Contributions of Feminist Psychology. 18. Guthrie, Sharon R. and Shirley Castelnuovo: The Significance of Body Image in Psychological Development and in Embodying Feminist Perspectives. 19. Theberge, Nancy and Susan Birrell: The Sociological Study of Women and Sport. 20. Theberge, Nancy and Susan Birrell: Structural Constraints Facing Women in Sport. 21. Birrell, Susan and Nancy Theberge: Ideological Control of Women in Sport. 22. Birrell, Susan and Nancy Theberge: Feminist Resistance and Transformation in Sport. Klappentext und Inhaltsverzeichnis