Soccer, women, sexual liberation : kicking off a new era /

This collection considers women's football [soccer] in a global context, examining its progress and the challenges it has faced, and showing how it has made a significant contribution to female emancipation in many countries.

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Other Authors: Fan, Hong, 1957-, Mangan, J. A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2004.
Series:Sport in the global society.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : "M's" in football : myths, management, marketing, media and money : a reprise / Donna de Varona
  • Women's soccer in the United States / Andrei S. Markovits and Steven L. Hellerman
  • Game of choice / M. Ann Hall
  • Will the "Iron Roses" bloom forever? / Fan Hong and J.A. Mangen
  • Chains, challenges and changes / Eunha Koh
  • Forwards and backwards / Boria Majumdar
  • Asserting the right to play / Anne Brus and Else Trangbæk
  • Fastest growing sport? / Jean Williams
  • Challenges of women's football in East and West Germany / Gertrud Pfister
  • Small country / Kari Fasting
  • Women's football in the Republic of Ireland / Ann Bourke
  • Breakthrough : women's football in Sweden / Jonny Hjelm and Eva Olofsson
  • From heydays to struggles / Barbara Cox and Shona Thompson
  • Football feminine, development of the African game / Martha Saavedra
  • Women's football in Brazil / Sevastião Votre and Ludmila Mourão.