 | Built to Win: The Female Athlete as Cultural Icon Subjects: Sports for women -- Social aspects -- United States; Women athletes -- United States; Feminism and sports -- United States; Sex discrimination in sports -- United States; Leslie Heywood and Shari L. Dworkin examine the role of empowered female athletes in American popular culture through interviews with girls and boys; readings of ad campaigns by Nike, Reebok, and others; discussions of movies like Fight Club and Girlfight; and explorations of their own sports experiences. Important, refreshing, and engrossing, Built to Win examines sport in all its complexity. |
