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Women’s Cricket and Global Processes

The Emergence and Development of Women’s Cricket as a Global Game

  • Philippa Velija
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction
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    Pages 1-23
  3. Cricket and Masculinity in Early Forms of Cricket
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    Pages 25-55
  4. Civilising Processes, Gender Relations and the Global Women’s Game
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    Pages 57-88
  5. Women’s Cricket, International Governance and Organisation of the Global Game
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    Pages 89-118
  6. Cricket and Gendered National Identities: The Experiences of Women Who Play and Organise the ‘Global Game’
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    Pages 119-143
  7. Conclusion
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    Pages 145-157
  8. Back Matter
    Pages 159-178
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About this book

Introduction

How can the diffusion and development of women's cricket as a global sport be explained? Women 's Cricket and Global Processes considers the emergence and growth of women's cricket around the world and seeks to provide a sociological explanation for how and why the women's game has developed the way it has.

Keywords

gender Nation organization sociology Sport women

Authors and affiliations

  • Philippa Velija
    • 1
  1. 1.York St John UniversityUK

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