
Ladies and Lords
A History of Women's Cricket in Britain
Rafaelle Nicholson(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 8. October 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
402 pages
978-1-78874-293-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book offers the first ever academic study of women's cricket in Britain from its origins in the 18th century to the present day. It examines women's cricket from grassroots to international level, in schools, universities, the workplace and clubs. The book draws on a wealth of new source material including player diaries and scrapbooks, club records and the records of the Women's Cricket Association.
Through use of oral history interviews with many former players, the book argues that women's cricket was a site of feminism across its history, and an important source of empowerment to the women who participated in the sport. However, it also examines barriers to women's participation, analyzing the persistence of opposition to women's sport across the twentieth and into the twenty-first century. Overall, the book uses women's cricket as a case study to highlight the existence of ongoing fundamental inequalities in the quantity and quality of women's leisure in contemporary Britain.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
15 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78874-293-1 (9781788742931)
DOI
10.3726/b13283
Schweitzer Classification
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11/2019
1st Edition
Peter Lang Verlag
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11/2019
1st Edition
Peter Lang Verlag
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