Beyond bend it like Beckham : the global phenomenon of women's soccer /
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| Author / Creator: | Grainey, Timothy F. |
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| Imprint: | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2012. |
| Description: | xix, 279 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8771644 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1. Rapid Growth in the United States
- 1. Title LX, Soccer Moms, and Pioneering Players
- 2. U.S. National Team, 1996-1999: "Welcome to Our Party"
- 3. Professional Women's Soccer and the wusa: "The Best Three Years of My Life"
- 4. Women's Professional Soccer (wps)
- Part 2. Challenges in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America
- 5. The State of the Game in the Middle East
- 6. Challenges and Successes in Africa
- 7. Latin America: Fighting Machismo Attitudes
- 8. Women Athletes: Objects versus Wholesome Role Models
- Part 3. Building Leagues and National Team Programs
- 9. Ancestral Roots: Leveraging the Diaspora to Build the Game Abroad
- 10. National Leagues around the World
- 11. Overcoming a Fifty-Year Ban in England
- 12. Canada's Youthful Road to Success
- Conclusion: "The Future of Football Is Feminine"
- Afterword: 2011 Women's World Cup
- Appendix of Tables
- Selected Bibliography