Pacific Island Women and Contested Sporting Spaces Staking Their Claim

"This book focuses on the variety of strategies developed by women athletes in the Pacific Islands to claim contested sporting spaces - in particular, rugby union, soccer, beach volleyball, recreational sports and exercise - as a prism to explore grassroots women's engagement with heavily...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kanemasu, Yoko (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group 2023.
2023.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Global Gender Series
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009866436006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Fiji women's rugby : resistance against all odds
  • Athletic Indo-Fijian women : beyond sporting absence
  • Vanuatu women's beach volleyball : subversive stars in alignment
  • Solomon Islands women's soccer : seizing the moment for change
  • Samoa women's rugby : working with 'culture'
  • Conclusion.