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- catalog abstract ""Higher Goals provides an ethnographic account of the "Blades," a Canadian team that plays at the highest levels of women's hockey. With a vivid depiction of life on the Blades, the book follows the team over two seasons, tracing their journey to a national championship. Key issues in the sociology of sport and gender studies are explored, including the construction of community among women athletes; the "feminine apologetic" and pressures on athletes to conform to feminine ideals; homophobia and the experiences of lesbian athletes; and physicality and women's experience in contact sports."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11974428.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Higher Goals provides an ethnographic account of the "Blades," a Canadian team that plays at the highest levels of women's hockey. With a vivid depiction of life on the Blades, the book follows the team over two seasons, tracing their journey to a national championship. Key issues in the sociology of sport and gender studies are explored, including the construction of community among women athletes; the "feminine apologetic" and pressures on athletes to conform to feminine ideals; homophobia and the experiences of lesbian athletes; and physicality and women's experience in contact sports."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Chapter 1: The blades, women's ice hockey, and paradoxes of gender -- Chapter 2: Competitive dominance, class, and the organization of women's hockey -- Chapter 3: The dynamics of teal life: this team is about what happens on the ice -- Chapter 4: The everyday world of elite women's hockey -- Chapter 5: The politics of gender -- Chapter 6: The change room and the construction of community -- Chapter 7: Physicality, body contact, and the construction of women's hockey -- Chapter 8: Gender, sport, and the construction of difference -- Chapter 9: Female gladiators and the road ahead.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-176) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 182 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Higher goals.".
- catalog identifier "0791446417 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791446425 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Higher goals.".
- catalog isPartOf "SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog relation "Higher goals.".
- catalog spatial "Canada".
- catalog subject "796.962/082/0971 21".
- catalog subject "GV848.6.W65 T54 2000".
- catalog subject "Hockey for women Social aspects Canada Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Sex discrimination in sports Canada Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Women hockey players Canada Social conditions Case studies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Chapter 1: The blades, women's ice hockey, and paradoxes of gender -- Chapter 2: Competitive dominance, class, and the organization of women's hockey -- Chapter 3: The dynamics of teal life: this team is about what happens on the ice -- Chapter 4: The everyday world of elite women's hockey -- Chapter 5: The politics of gender -- Chapter 6: The change room and the construction of community -- Chapter 7: Physicality, body contact, and the construction of women's hockey -- Chapter 8: Gender, sport, and the construction of difference -- Chapter 9: Female gladiators and the road ahead.".
- catalog title "Higher goals : women's ice hockey and the politics of gender / Nancy Theberge.".
- catalog type "text".