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Author Eckstein, Rick, 1960- author.

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

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  796.04 ECKSTEIN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.043 ECKSTEIN    Check Shelf
Description xi, 231 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Contents The female youth sports to college pipeline -- Higher education and the youth sports to college pipeline -- The commercialized youth sports to college pipeline -- Creating demand for the youth sports to college pipeline -- Female sports on male terms -- Saving girls' youth sports by changing higher education -- Appendix: The challenges of ethnography.
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.
Other Form: Online version: Eckstein, Rick, 1960- How college athletics are hurting girls' sports. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017 9781442266292 (DLC) 2017009206
ISBN 9781442266285 (hardcover)
1442266287 (hardcover)
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