The bestselling author of the groundbreaking book "The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football" now presents an original perspective on women as winners. Using personal stories, interviews, with more than 200 women, and original survey research of 1,000 women and girls nationwide, Nelson offers a unique five-part framework for understanding competition 6-city author tour. Print ads. National media publicity .
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Nelson (Are We Winning Yet?, LJ 5/15/94) has hit a home run with this look at women and competition. Centering on sports and moving to the political and work arenas, Nelson's analysis resonates with women's lives, and, more than merely summarizing previous work in this area, she contributes original thinking that eschews the old "male vs. female," "competition vs. cooperation" dichotomies. Nelson counters feminist objections to competition by asking, "What happens to girls who never learn to compete?" This thought-provoking book concludes with chapters offering advice to help women become Champions: competitors who both like their opponents and want to win. When it comes to popular sociology of women's sports, nobody does it better. Highly recommended for all public and academic libraries, including high schools.
Kathryn Ruffle, Coll. of New Caledonia Lib., Prince George, B.C.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Kathryn Ruffle, Coll. of New Caledonia Lib., Prince George, B.C.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
A former professional basketball player who loves to compete struggles to persuade women how rewarding competition can be when done in the right way. In 1995, Nelson (Are We Winning Yet?, 1991; The Stronger Women Get, the More Men Love Football, 1994) conducted a survey among some 1,000 athletic and nonathletic female students in middle school through college to discover their experience of and attitudes about competition. The results are presented here along with numerous anecdotes from her own life and quotes from feminists, psychologists, and other athletes. She argues that women, like men, need to compete in order to thrive in our society. However, the form of competition she envisions differs from the aggressive male, or ``Conqueror,'' model that focuses totally on winning, and also from the traditional female, or ``Cheerleader,'' model, in which women compete on the sidelines and only with other women over looks, boyfriends, or popularity. Instead, Nelson urges women to embrace what she terms the ``Champion'' model, which is marked by compassion and integrity. She elaborates on this concept, spelling out how she sees competition as a relationship, a process, an opportunity, a riskand a feminist issue. She looks at how the messages women receive from their families, their communities, and their culture influence their feelings about competition and how sports shape the attitudes of those women who participate in them. When she recounts the reactions of men feeling threatened by a competitive woman, it is clearly the voice of experience speaking. But Nelson's anecdotal style, which may serve her well as a lecturer, results here in repetition and a lack of focus, and her later chapters on choosing when not to compete and deciding what rules to play by seem like rough drafts of ideas that haven't quite jelled. Starts out strong, but wavers to a weak finish. (Author tour) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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This review is from: Embracing Victory: Life Lessons In Competition And Compassion (Hardcover)
This book challenged me to think about my own relationship with competition--with my siblings, in my career, during my childhood, and for my future as an entrepreneur--and to recognize competition in settings where I was not recognizing it. In this well written and well referenced book, Mariah gathers together the thoughts of many women and interweaves them successfully with her own powerful experiences. Already I sense that reading this book has made a difference in my life. I eagerly look forward to reading other books by this author.
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