Women On Ice: Feminist Responses to the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan SpectacleThe attack on Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships set the stage for a Winter Olympics spectacle: Tonya versus Nancy. Women on Ice collects the writings of a diverse group of feminists who address and question our national obsession with Tonya and Nancy and what this tells us about perceptions of women in twentieth century America. |
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Women on ice: feminist essays on the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan spectacle
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictBooks about female ice skaters who compete (e.g., Chin, Fleming, Hamill, Yamaguchi, Trenary) are generally written for children. In this collection of feminist criticism, 18 women and one man focus on ... Read full review
Women on ice: feminist essays on the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan spectacle
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictBooks about female ice skaters who compete (e.g., Chin, Fleming, Hamill, Yamaguchi, Trenary) are generally written for children. In this collection of feminist criticism, 18 women and one man focus on ... Read full review
Contents
Acknowledgments | |
Introduction | |
Part I Skating | |
Part II Pairs | |
Part III Television Spectacles | |
Part IV Fantasies | |
Appendix I A Glossary of Skating Terms Ellyn Kestnbaum | |
Appendix II Scoring of Singles Figure Skating Competitions or how Nancy Kerrigan missed winning a gold medal at Lillehammer Ellyn Kestnbaum | |
Contributors | |
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| Title | Women On Ice: Feminist Responses to the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan Spectacle |
| Editor | Cynthia Baughman |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2013 |
| ISBN | 1135770751, 9781135770754 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory Social Science / Sociology / General Social Science / Women's Studies |
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