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.Have you ever wondered why most cheerleaders are girls? It didn't used to be that way. Up until the early twentieth century, all cheerleaders were actually boys. And why do some athletes, like Caster Semenya, have to prove they're women while there's no testing for men? Why do athletes like Megan Rapinoe and Colin Kaepernick use sports as a platform…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5381-3067-4
- EAN: 9781538130674
- Produktnummer: 34051698
- Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 186 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'020 KB
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By Robyn Ryle
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