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These essays look specifically and critically at the nature of gender and sexuality within the contested nexus of race, reputation, and sport. The collection explores the reputations of iconic and pioneering sports figures and the cultural and social forces that helped to forge their unique and often problematic legacies. Women athletes discussed in this volume include Babe Didrikson Zaharias, the women of the AAGPBL, Billie Jean King, Venus and Serena Williams, Marion Jones, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, Sheryl Swoopes, Florence Griffith Joyner, Roberta Gibb and Kathrine Switzer, and Danica Patrick.
- David C. Ogden - Editor
- Joel Nathan Rosen - Editor
- Roberta J. Newman - Author of introduction, etc.
- Jack Lule - Author of afterword, colophon, etc.
Kindle Book
- Release date: June 3, 2013
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- ISBN: 9781628464917
- Release date: June 3, 2013
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- ISBN: 9781628464917
- File size: 574 KB
- Release date: June 3, 2013
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- ISBN: 9781621039617
- File size: 1955 KB
- Release date: June 3, 2013
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English