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Strong Women, Deep Closets : Lesbians and Homophobia in Sport by Patricia J. Griffin (1998, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHuman Kinetics
ISBN-10088011729X
ISBN-139780880117296
eBay Product ID (ePID)7038731730
Product Key Features
Number of Pages264 Pages
Publication NameStrong Women, Deep Closets : Lesbians and Homophobia in Sport
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
SubjectLgbt Studies / General, Sociology of Sports, Lgbt Studies / Lesbian Studies
TypeTextbook
AuthorPatricia J. Griffin
Subject AreaSports & Recreation, Social Science
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight10.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-032363
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal796/.086/643
Table Of ContentChapter 1. My Journey Home Chapter 2. Sport: Where Men Are Men and Women Are Trespassers Chapter 3. Damaged Mothers, Muscle Molls, Mannish Lesbians, and Predatory Dykes: 100 Years of Scaring Women out of Sport Chapter 4. Leering, Leching, and Low Down: Demonizing Lesbians in Sport Chapter 5. Full Court Press: Defending Women's Sport Against the Lesbian Boogeywoman Chapter 6. Life in the Shadow of the Lesbian Boogeywoman: The Climate for Lesbians in Sport Chapter 7. We Prey, They Pray? Lesbians and Evangelical Christians in Sport Chapter 8. The Culture of the Closet: Identity-Management Strategies of Lesbian College Coaches and Athletes Chapter 9. Unplayable Lies: Lesbians in Sport Choosing Truth Chapter 10. Love and Community in the Locker Room: Double Trouble or Double Standards? Chapter 11. Opening Minds, Opening Closet Doors: Transforming Women's Sport
SynopsisFormer athlete and coach Pat Griffin makes a provocative and impassioned call for attention to a topic too long avoided by women's sports advocates. In Strong Women, Deep Closets , she provides a critical analysis of discrimination and prejudice against lesbians in sport. The book is the first to explore the lesbian sporting experience as well as examine homophobia and heterosexism in women's sport. The work is based on theoretical and historical foundations and is written in an academic yet engaging style. Griffin brings to light the experiences of lesbian coaches and athletes in their own words. Strong Women, Deep Closets concludes with Griffin's assessment of the current state of lesbians' rights in athletics, set against the overall social picture in the United States. The author lists obstacles lesbian athletes face in transforming sports and details numerous personal and political strategies for leveling the playing field.
LC Classification NumberGV708.8.G75 1998
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