{"product_id":"higher-goals-womens-ice-hockey-and-the-politics-of-gender-9780791446423","title":"Higher Goals: Women's Ice Hockey and the Politics of Gender","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2001 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy Theberge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 5.87w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791446423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Theberge\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Departments of Kinesiology and Sociology at the University of Waterloo. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eSport and the Sociological Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWhy People Recreate\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40133682069619,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7013f2fe-4b3d-43e2-8149-98512d86b98e.jpg?v=1654175762","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/higher-goals-womens-ice-hockey-and-the-politics-of-gender-9780791446423","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}