Breaking into the Marathon: Women's Distance Running as Political Activism.
The article focuses on analysis of the women's marathon movement and literature on feminist activisms and feminist ideologies and identities. It mentions virtue of membership in a named feminist organization or adherence to an already identified feminist agenda and acts of "civil disobedience," as o...
| Publicado en: | Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 1 - 27 |
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University of Nebraska Press
2019
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| Sumario: | The article focuses on analysis of the women's marathon movement and literature on feminist activisms and feminist ideologies and identities. It mentions virtue of membership in a named feminist organization or adherence to an already identified feminist agenda and acts of "civil disobedience," as one journalist called them, the runners challenged dominant ideas about women's physical capacities. It also mentions leaders of physical education were from exclusive women's colleges. |
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