{"product_id":"higher-goals","title":"Higher Goals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffers a fascinating ethnography of physicality and gender relations in women's team contact sports.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2001 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most extensive treatment to date of women's experiences in team sports, Higher Goals provides an ethnographic account of the \"Blades,\" a Canadian team that plays at the highest levels of women's hockey. With a vivid depiction of life on the Blades, the book follows the team over two seasons, tracing their journey to a national championship. Key issues in the sociology of sport and gender studies are explored, including the construction of community among women athletes; the \"feminine apologetic\" and pressures on athletes to conform to feminine ideals; homophobia and the experiences of lesbian athletes; and physicality and women's experience in contact sports.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54410679091544,"sku":"9780791446423","price":33.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780791446423.jpg?v=1777898733","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/higher-goals","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}