Gender, Power and Culture

This work is the result of a symposium which brought together a range of disciplines and perspectives, to celebrate the Centenary of Women in the Olympic Games. The various papers illustrate the diverse contributions made by women to the Olympic movement as well as the value to scientific research of the study of gender, power and culture in sport. The research papers in this volume include: "Gender, Science, Culture and Politics: 100 Years of Women in the Olympics"; "Science, Myths and Prejudice: Denial of Women as Athletes"; "Femocrats, Technocrats and Bureaucrats: Women's Contested Place in the Olympic Movement"; "Female Athletes with a Disability: Perspectives and Opportunities"; "The Movement for the Promotion of Women's Sport in Japan"; "Body and Power: From Cripples to Olympic Champions - Chinese Women's Long Struggle for Full Equality"; "Indigenous Women in the Olympics"; "Where Were They? Female Involvement in the Organization and Administration of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games"; "Women Olympic Competitors 1900-1936: New Light on Old Controversies"; "The 1928 Olympic 800 Metres: Did Women Competitors Really Collapse?"