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How college athletics are hurting girls' sports : the pay-to-play pipeline

Title
How college athletics are hurting girls' sports : the pay-to-play pipeline / Rick Eckstein.
Author
Eckstein, Rick, 1960-
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 17-4097Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
xi, 231 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"This book looks closely at college sports and how they shape the athletic and personal landscape for girls and young women. Filled with interview excerpts from women athletes of all ages, the book chronicles how college and youth sports have become more corporate, to the detriment of participants"--
Subject
  • College sports for women > Social aspects > United States
  • Sports for girls > Social aspects > United States
  • Women college athletes > United States
  • College sports > Economic aspects > United States
  • Sports for children > Economic aspects > United States
  • SPORTS & RECREATION > Sociology of Sports
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The female youth sports to college pipeline -- Higher education and the youth sports to college pipeline -- The commercialized youth sports to college pipeline -- Creating demand for the youth sports to college pipeline -- Female sports on male terms -- Saving girls' youth sports by changing higher education -- Appendix: The challenges of ethnography.
Call Number
JFE 17-4097
ISBN
  • 9781442266285
  • 1442266287
LCCN
2016058326
OCLC
963344237
Author
Eckstein, Rick, 1960- author.
Title
How college athletics are hurting girls' sports : the pay-to-play pipeline / Rick Eckstein.
Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Eckstein, Rick, 1960- author. How college athletics are hurting girls' sports. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017 9781442266292
Research Call Number
JFE 17-4097
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