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Author:

Eckstein, Rick, 1960- author.

Title:

How college athletics are hurting girls' sports : the pay-to-play pipeline / Rick Eckstein.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xi, 231 pages ; 24 cm

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Chapter One: The Female Youth Sports to College Pipeline -- Chapter Two: Higher Education and the Youth Sports to College Pipeline -- Chapter Three: The Commercialized Youth Sports to College Pipeline -- Chapter Four: Creating Demand for the Youth Sports to College Pipeline -- Chapter Five: Female Sports on Male Terms -- Chapter Six: Saving Girls' Youth Sports by Changing Higher Education -- Appendix: The Challenges of Ethnography.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1442266287
9781442266285

OCLC:

(OCoLC)963344237

LCCN:

2016058326

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)