Feminism and Sporting Bodies

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Hall (physical education and recreation, U. of Alberta) describes her history as a feminist and applies her discoveries to the topic of women and sports. She argues that biological research is of little practical use and instead advocates for a critical analysis of power relations between the genders, and an examination of how sport reproduces and perpetuates these relations. She is entirely practical in her approach, blending new cultural criticism and feminist research into a discourse which approaches sport as a political site for feminist resistance and transformation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)