Higher Goals: Women's Ice Hockey and the Politics of GenderThe most extensive treatment to date of women's experiences in team sports, 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. |
Contents
The Blades Womens Ice Hockey and Paradoxes of Gender | 1 |
Competitive Dominance Class and the Organization of Womens Hockey | 19 |
The Dynamics of Team Life This Team is about What Happens on the Ice | 39 |
The Everyday World of Elite Womens Hockey | 59 |
The Politics of Gender | 79 |
The Change Room and the Construction of Community | 101 |
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Higher Goals: Women's Ice Hockey and the Politics of Gender Nancy Theberge No preview available - 2000 |
Higher Goals: Women's Ice Hockey and the Politics of Gender Nancy Theberge No preview available - 2000 |
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aggressive arena asked athleticism basketball Blades community Blades players body checking body contact boys Canada Canadian Hockey Association Canadian national team challenge change room chapter Cheryl Cole coaches commitment competition construction context critical cultural discussion dynamics effort elite level emphasized Etue and Williams experience female feminine Festle focus full-contact gender girls Glenn going heterosexual players homophobia Ibid injuries intensity interviewed John John's Junior Blades lesbian players locker room male Manon Rheaume masculine men's game Michael Messner national championship National Hockey League national team number of players occurred offered Olympic on-ice Ontario organization OWHA partners penalty physical play hockey players felt programs provincial championship puck PWHL response season Seniors sexual Shannon Miller skates skill social Sociology of Sport Sport Journal Stephen stick talk team's teammates tournament veteran women athletes women hockey players women's game women's hockey women's sport world championship