Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy by Robyn Ryle

Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy by Robyn Ryle

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This book looks at the intersection of sports and identities, using sports to reveal the complicated history of gender, sexuality, race, and social justice while connecting those stories to the world of today’s athletes. It highlights the ways sports often contribute to inequalities, but also how they can help make the world more accepting.

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Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy by Robyn Ryle

This book looks at the intersection of sports and identities, using sports to reveal the complicated history of gender, sexuality, race, and social justice while connecting those stories to the world of todays athletes. It highlights the ways sports often contribute to inequalities, but also how they can help make the world more accepting.
Robyn Ryle is a sociologist, writer, and sports fan who has taught about gender, race, and sexuality to college students for twenty years. Her previous books include She/He/They/Me: For the Sisters, Misters and Binary Resisters and Questioning Gender: A Sociological Exploration. She lives in Madison, Indiana.
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ISBN 13 9781538130667
ISBN 10 1538130661
Title Throw Like a Girl, Cheer Like a Boy
Author Robyn Ryle
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Year published 2020-05-29
Number of pages 186
Prizes Winner of Cyblis Awards 2020 Finalist: High School Nonfiction 2020
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