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- catalog abstract ""Former athlete and coach Pat Griffin makes a provocative and impassioned call for attention to a topic that has been avoided by women's sports advocates. In Strong Women, Deep Closets, she provides a critical analysis of discrimination and prejudice against lesbians in sport." "The book is the first to explore the lesbian sporting experience as well as examine homophobia and heterosexism in women's sport. The work brings to light the experiences of lesbian coaches and athletes in their own words." "The author lists obstacles lesbian athletes face in transforming sports and details numerous personal and political strategies for leveling the playing field."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b10718691.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""Former athlete and coach Pat Griffin makes a provocative and impassioned call for attention to a topic that has been avoided by women's sports advocates. In Strong Women, Deep Closets, she provides a critical analysis of discrimination and prejudice against lesbians in sport." "The book is the first to explore the lesbian sporting experience as well as examine homophobia and heterosexism in women's sport. The work brings to light the experiences of lesbian coaches and athletes in their own words." "The author lists obstacles lesbian athletes face in transforming sports and details numerous personal and political strategies for leveling the playing field."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "1. My Journey Home -- 2. Sport: Where Men Are Men and Women Are Trespassers -- 3. Damaged Mothers, Muscle Molls, Mannish Lesbians, and Predatory Dykes: 100 Years of Scaring Women Out of Sport -- 4. Leering, Leching, and Low Down: Demonizing Lesbians in Sport -- 5. Full Court Press: Defending Women's Sport Against the Lesbian Boogeywoman -- 6. Life in the Shadow of the Lesbian Boogeywoman: The Climate for Lesbians in Sport -- 7. We Prey, They Pray? Lesbians and Evangelical Christians in Sport -- 8. The Culture of the Closet: Identity-Management Strategies of Lesbian College Coaches and Athletes -- 9. Unplayable Lies: Lesbians in Sport Choosing Truth -- 10. Love and Community in the Locker Room: Double Trouble or Double Standards? -- 11. Opening Minds, Opening Closet Doors: Transforming Women's Sport.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-239) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 245 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Strong women, deep closets.".
- catalog identifier "088011729X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Strong women, deep closets.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics,".
- catalog relation "Strong women, deep closets.".
- catalog subject "796/.086/643 21".
- catalog subject "Feminism and sports.".
- catalog subject "GV708.8 .G75 1998".
- catalog subject "Homophobia in sports.".
- catalog subject "Lesbian athletes Public opinion.".
- catalog subject "Lesbian athletes.".
- catalog subject "Sports for women Social aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. My Journey Home -- 2. Sport: Where Men Are Men and Women Are Trespassers -- 3. Damaged Mothers, Muscle Molls, Mannish Lesbians, and Predatory Dykes: 100 Years of Scaring Women Out of Sport -- 4. Leering, Leching, and Low Down: Demonizing Lesbians in Sport -- 5. Full Court Press: Defending Women's Sport Against the Lesbian Boogeywoman -- 6. Life in the Shadow of the Lesbian Boogeywoman: The Climate for Lesbians in Sport -- 7. We Prey, They Pray? Lesbians and Evangelical Christians in Sport -- 8. The Culture of the Closet: Identity-Management Strategies of Lesbian College Coaches and Athletes -- 9. Unplayable Lies: Lesbians in Sport Choosing Truth -- 10. Love and Community in the Locker Room: Double Trouble or Double Standards? -- 11. Opening Minds, Opening Closet Doors: Transforming Women's Sport.".
- catalog title "Strong women, deep closets : lesbians and homophobia in sport / Pat Griffin.".
- catalog type "text".