Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy The Evolution of Gender, Identity, and Race in Sports

This book uses the world of sports in order to reveal the complicated history of gender, sexuality, race, and social justice while connecting those stories to today’s athletes. It highlights the ways sports often contribute to inequalities, but also how they can help make the world more accepting.

Info autore

Robyn Ryle is a sociologist, writer, and sports fan who has taught about gender, race, and sexuality to college students for twenty years. Her previous books include She/He/They/Me: For the Sisters, Misters and Binary Resisters and Questioning Gender: A Sociological Exploration. She lives in Madison, Indiana.

Riassunto

This book looks at the intersection of sports and identities, using sports to reveal the complicated history of gender, sexuality, race, and social justice while connecting those stories to the world of today’s athletes. It highlights the ways sports often contribute to inequalities, but also how they can help make the world more accepting.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robyn Ryle, Ryle Robyn
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 29.05.2020
• Categoria: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati
• EAN: 9781538130667
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-3066-7
• Numero di pagine: 186
• Categorie: Baseball, Cheerleading, Softball, sports, young adult, Equality, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, Sociology: sport & leisure, history of sport, Olympics, Activism, Colin Kaepernick, Homophobia, Sociology: sport and leisure, Gender studies, gender groups, swimming, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, sports history, LGBTQ rights, Title IX, Women's sports, Racism in Sports, Schuyler Bailar, Sexism in sports, Roy Campanella, lesbian athletes, gay athletes, activism in sports, transgender athletes, equality in sports, gender testing, LGBTQ athletes, taking a knee, sports and race, Michael Sam, sports and gender, prejudice in sports, men's sports, Gender segregation, gender rights