TY - BOOK AU - Theberge Nancy TI - Higher goals: women's ice hockey and the politics of gender SN - 0791446417 AV - GV848.6.W65 U1 - 796.962/082/0971 PY - 2000/// CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Hockey for women KW - Social aspects KW - Canada KW - Case studies KW - Women hockey players KW - Social conditions KW - Sex discrimination in sports N1 - 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 ER -