Athletic Intruders: Ethnographic Research on Women, Culture, and Exercise

ATHLETIC INTRUDERS

ATHLETIC INTRUDERS ‫ﱰﱯ‬ Ethnographic Research on Women, Culture, and Exercise edited by A N N E B O L I N A N D J A N E G R A N S K O G STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2003 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, NY 12207 Production by Marilyn P. Semerad Marketing by Anne M. Valentine Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Athletic intruders : Ethnographic research on women, culture, and exercise / Anne Bolin and Jane Granskog, editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-5583-1 (hard : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-5584-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Physical education for women—Social aspects. 2. Sports for women—Social aspects. 3. Body image in women—Social aspects. 4. Feminist theory. I. Bolin, Anne. II. Granskog, Jane. GV439 .A84 2003 306.4'83—dc21 2002023131 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is dedicated to my mother, Vivian Bolin, whom I continue to miss more than I ever imagined. —Anne Bolin This book is also dedicated to both my parents, E. Walfred and Dorothy Granskog, whose emphasis on the value of education and being of service to others have provided the fundamental core in my own striving to be the best I can be. —Jane Granskog ...