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No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change (Critical Issues in Sport and Society)
by Faye Linda Wachs • Michela Musto • Lauren Rauscher • Don Sabo • Cheryl Cooky • Professor Michael A. Messner • Shari Dworkin • Marko Begovic • Carole Oglesby • Marjorie Snyder • Suzel Bozada-Deas • Ranissa DycusIn just a few decades, sport has undergone a radical gender transformation. However, Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner suggest that the progress toward gender equity in sports is far from complete. The continuing barriers to full and equal participation for young people, the far lower pay for most... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Child's Play: Sport in Kids' Worlds
by William A. Corsaro • Michael Kehler • Torrie Hazelwood • Toben F Nelson • Michela Musto • Professor Jeffrey Montez de Oca • Phil Veliz • Nicole M. Lavoi • Lauren Rauscher • A. James Mckeever • Chelsey Thul • Jeffrey Scholes • Brandon Meyer • Professor Douglas Hartmann • Don Sabo • Ann Travers • Murray J. Drummond • Alex Manning • Fatimah Hussein • Cheryl Cooky • Professor Michael A. MessnerIs sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health, whether condemning contact sports for their concussion risk or prescribing athletics as a cure for the childhood obesity epidemic. Child's Play presents a more nuance... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016