Author: Fan, Hong and J.A. Mangan
Title: Soccer, Women, Sexual Liberation: Kicking Off a New Era
Description: London; Portland, OR, F. Cass, 2004. Softcover. White wraps, black and red lettering, color illustrated front cover; xii, 286 pp, bw illustrations. This collection considers women's football [soccer] in a global context, examining its progress and the challenges it has faced, and showing how it has made a significant contribution to female emancipation in many countries. Contents: Introduction: 'M's' in football: myths, management, marketing, media and money: a reprise / Donna de Varona -- Women's soccer in the United States: yet another American 'exceptionalism' / Andrei S. Markovits and Steven L. Hellerman -- The game of choice: girls' and women's soccer in Canada / M. Ann Hall -- Will the 'Iron Roses' bloom forever?: women's football in China: hanges and challenges / Fan Hong and J.A. Mangen -- Chains, challenges and changes: the making of women's football in Korea / Eunha Koh -- Forwards and backwards: women's soccer in twentieth-century India / Boria Majumdar -- Asserting the right to play -- women's football in Denmark / Anne Brus and Else Trangbæk -- The fastest growing sport?: women's football in England / Jean Williams -- The challenges of women's football in East and West Germany: a comparative study / Gertrud Pfister -- Small country -- big results: women's football in Norway / Kari Fasting -- Women's football in the Republic of Ireland: past events and future propects / Ann Bourke -- A breakthrough : women's football in Sweden / Jonny Hjelm and Eva Olofsson -- From heydays to struggles: women's soccer in New Zealand / Barbara Cox and Shona Thompson -- Football feminine -- development of the African game: Senegal, Nigeria and South Africa / Martha Saavedra -- Women's football in Brazil: progress and problems / Sebastião Votre and Ludmila Mourão. VG- (ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear but pages are otherwise clean.) .

Keywords: Misc ; Feminism; Women's Soccer ; ;