Where Pumping Iron offered an expert, objective view of the sport and its stars without detailed comment, Coming on Strong offers the athlete’s view from inside looking out.Ĭoming On Strong examines Columbu's private world, as well as that of his sport, and treats both with insight, intelligence, and humor. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers/5.Ĭoming on strong: gender and sexuality in twentieth-century women's sport User Review - Not Available - Book Verdict In roughly chronological order, Cahn (history, SUNY-Buffalo) illuminates issues of race, class, and gender in an entertaining social history.Ĭoming on strong book On Strong examines Columbu’s private world, as well as that of his sport, and treats both with insight, intelligence, and humor. Cahn updates her detailed history of women's sport and the struggles over gender, sexuality, race, class, and policy that have often defined ereadingsbook.icu: University of Illinois Press. Susan Cahn provides not only a brilliant analysis of gender and sexuality, but also a captivating narrative of the spunky and talented women who entered this "toughest" of male ereadingsbook.icu by: Acclaimed since its original publication, Coming on Strong has become a much-cited touchstone in scholarship on women and sports.
He is also a Doctor of Chiropractic and has a successful practice in West Los Angeles/5(11).Ĭoming on Strong is both a serious study of women in sport and a wonderful story to read.
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Coming on strong gender and sexuality in twentieth-century women"s sport by Susan K.
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