Women and Sport: Interdisciplinary Perspectives [Hardcover]

D. Margaret Costa (Author), Sharon Guthrie (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0873226860 | ISBN-13: 978-0873226868 | Publication Date: August 24, 1994 | Edition: 1

This provocative text--the product of more than 10 years of instruction and research--is the most comprehensive study to date on the past, present, and future of women and sport. An ideal textbook for upper division undergraduate and graduate students as well as a timely reference for scholars and researchers, Women and Sport: Interdisciplinary Perspectives sets the record straight about the women's sport experience. More than 20 expert contributors examine, analyze, and synthesize the issues surrounding women and sport from historical, biomedical, psychological, and sociological perspectives. Part I discusses the historical and cultural foundations of women's sport from ancient times to the modern era, as seen through the eyes of the participants and general public. Part II examines biomedical considerations, touching on such topics as body composition, cardiovascular fitness, gender differences in muscular strength, exercise-induced amenorrhea, and osteoporosis. Part III analyzes the psychosocial dimensions of women's sport, including sociocultural, political, and economic factors that have led to changes for women in sport and reviews the oppression historically experienced by women and men in sport. Although the book is designed primarily as a text for upper division undergraduate and graduate courses in women's sport studies, the comprehensive nature of Women and Sport: Interdisciplinary Perspectives makes it equally appropriate for sport sociology, sport history, general women's studies, and gender-oriented psychology, sociology, and anthropology classes. In addition, female sport participants who want to know more about how their own sporting heritage has been influenced by social, psychological, and biomedical factors will find the book valuable.

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About the Author

D. Margaret Costa, PhD, is the director of Interdisciplinary Studies at California State University-Long Beach. A professor of Physical Education and Women's Studies, Dr. Costa has taught courses on women in sport at CSULB for more than 10 years and has long been involved in promoting the women's sport experience as a serious area of study in sport history.

Dr. Costa is the author of numerous scholarly articles on women in sport and has made presentations on the subject before members of more than a dozen professional associations in the United States and abroad. Her co-authored article comparing women's sports competition in the 1980s in southern California, the USSR, and Jordan led the way for many cross-national studies of women's sports throughout the world. Dr. Costa's most recent research focused on the sporting experiences of Japanese-American women in the 1930s and 1940s. In her leisure time Dr. Costa enjoys running and playing golf.

Sharon R. Guthrie, PhD, has been an assistant professor in the Physical Education Department at California State University-Long Beach since 1990. Her teaching specialties include sport psychology and sociology, as well as courses related to women in sport.

A native of southern California, Dr. Guthrie received her doctorate in 1985 from The Ohio State University and taught at DePaul University in Chicago from 1986-90. She wrote the first master's thesis on the impact of homophobia on women in sport and physical education (1982) and the first doctoral dissertation examining eating disorders among collegiate athletes (1985). Since then, she has published several articles and book chapters on issues related to women in sport. A former member of the UCLA varsity tennis team and a competitive racquetball player, Dr. Guthrie is an avid yet noncompetitive bodybuilder.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics; 1 edition (August 24, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873226860
• ISBN-13: 978-0873226868
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,739,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Women in Sport, September 28, 2008

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This review is from: Women and Sport: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Hardcover)

The book is in great condition for the price. Unfortunately it took so long to receive this book.