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Artistic impressions figure skating, masculinity, and the limits of sport

Title
Artistic impressions [electronic resource] : figure skating, masculinity, and the limits of sport / Mary Louise Adams.
Author
Adams, Mary Louise, 1960-
Publication
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2011.

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 294 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill.
Uniform Title
Artistic impressions (Online)
Alternative Title
Artistic impressions (Online)
Subject
  • Figure skating > History
  • Figure skating > Social aspects
  • Masculinity in sports
  • Effeminacy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-283) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Tough guys? : figure skating's macho moment -- Girls' sport? -- Manliness and grace : skating as a gentleman's art -- Women start skating, skaters form clubs, their art becomes sport -- "They left the men nowhere" : the feminization of skating -- Artistic sport or athletic art? : class and gender and shifting definitions of skating -- Sequins, soundtracks, and spirals : producing gender difference on the ice.
LCCN
2011378908
OCLC
ssj0000534149
Author
Adams, Mary Louise, 1960-
Title
Artistic impressions [electronic resource] : figure skating, masculinity, and the limits of sport / Mary Louise Adams.
Imprint
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-283) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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