African American Women, Femininity and Their History in Physical Education and Sports in American Higher Education: From
Linda M. Perkins explores the shifting juxtapositions of race and femininity in women’s physical education and sport in the early-to-mid-twentieth-century United States of America. The chapter traces a history from the emancipation of slaves in the previo
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ed by Tim Allender · Stephanie Spencer
‘Femininity’ and the History of Women’s Education
Tim Allender • Stephanie Spencer Editors
‘Femininity’ and the History of Women’s Education Shifting the Frame
Editors Tim Allender University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
Stephanie Spencer University of Winchester Winchester, UK
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About This Book
This book explores the different theoretical and epistemological constituencies that are engaged in the field of women’s history as these relate to aspects of education within broader social settings. As our theme, shifting conceptions of femininity are interrogated in a range of historical sites in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Chapter 1, written by Tim Allender and Stephanie Spencer, is divided into three parts. Firstly, it briefly sets out the conceptual and theoretical framework regarding femininity and women’s history as we see it, especially as these relate to education and the chapters i
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