No Cover Image
Leslie Heywood
Shari L. Dworkin
Foreword by Julie Foudy
Series: Sport and Culture
Volume: 5
Copyright Date: 2003
Edition: NED - New edition
Published
by: University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 256
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttsvvg
Book Description:
Leslie Heywood and Shari L. Dworkin examine the role of empowered female athletes in American popular culture through interviews with girls and boys; readings of ad campaigns by Nike, Reebok, and others; discussions of movies like Fight Club and Girlfight; and explorations of their own sports experiences. Important, refreshing, and engrossing, Built to Win examines sport in all its complexity.
eISBN: 978-0-8166-9181-4
Subjects: Sociology