Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking off a New Era

by Hong; Fan

• ISBN13: 9780714684086
• ISBN10: 0714684082
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Women's soccer is one of the world's fastest-growing sports but has been subjected to little academic scrutiny. This collection considers women's football in a global context and analyses its progress, and the challenges and problems it has faced. It shows how women's football has made a significant contribution to the emancipation of women's football in many countries. It also traces the evolution of women's football in face of resistance, rejection and prejudice and describes women footballer's struggle for equal rights in a male dominated football world. Published to coincide with the Women's World Cup in the USA, which begins in September 2003 in Atlanta, this is the first in-depth global study of women's football in 15 countries across the world.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
Series Editor's Foreword	p. xi
Prologue	p. 1
Introduction--'M's' in Football: Myths, Management, Marketing, Media and Money. A Reprise	p. 7
Women's Soccer in the United States: Yet Another American 'Exceptionalism'	p. 14
The Game of Choice: Girls' and Women's Soccer in Canada	p. 30
Will the 'Iron Roses' Bloom Forever? Women's Football in China: hanges and Challenges	p. 47
Chains, Challenges and Changes: The Making of Women's Football in Korea	p. 67
Forwards and Backwards: Women's Soccer in Twentieth-Century India	p. 80
Asserting the Right to Play--Women's Football in Denmark	p. 95
The Fastest Growing Sport? Women's Football in England	p. 112
The Challenges of Women's Football in East and West Germany: A Comparative Study	p. 128
Small Country--Big Results: Women's Football in Norway	p. 149
Women's Football in the Republic of Ireland: Past Events and Future Prospects	p. 162
A Breakthrough: Women's Football in Sweden	p. 182
From Heydays to Struggles: Women's Soccer in New Zealand	p. 205
Football Feminine--Development of the African Game: Senegal, Nigeria and South Africa	p. 225
Women's Football in Brazil: Progress and Problems	p. 254
Epilogue	p. 268
Select Bibliography	p. 271
Notes on the Contributors	p. 275
Abstracts	p. 277
Index	p. 283
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