Theberge Nancy

Higher goals : women's ice hockey and the politics of gender / Nancy Theberge. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c2000. - xiii, 182 p. ; 23 cm. - SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-176) and index.

Ch. 1. The Blades, Women's Ice Hockey, and Paradoxes of Gender -- Ch. 2. Competitive Dominance, Class, and the Organization of Women's Hockey -- Ch. 3. The Dynamics of Team Life: This Team Is about What Happens on the Ice -- Ch. 4. The Everyday World of Elite Women's Hockey -- Ch. 5. The Politics of Gender -- Ch. 6. The Change Room and the Construction of Community -- Ch. 7. Physicality, Body Contact, and the Construction of Women's Hockey -- Ch. 8. Gender, Sport, and the Construction of Difference -- Ch. 9. Female Gladiators and the Road Ahead.

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Hockey for women--Social aspects--Canada--Case studies
Women hockey players--Social conditions--Canada--Case studies
Sex discrimination in sports--Canada--Case studies

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