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Women on Ice
Feminist Responses to the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan Spectacle
ISBN: 0415911516
ISBN-13: 9780415911511
Format: Paperback
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Summary
As corporate sponsorship of female ice skating was rising, the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan fiasco exploded into the media, garnering new attention to the sport. The discovery of a plot to maim Kerrigan for Harding's benefit, and its subsequent legal and public relations fallout, sparked a number of writers and academics to speculate on the relationship of this incident to sports in general, women's sports in particular, and women's lives. "Women on Ice", is a collection of essays from writers who hail from a wide variety of fields.
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"...[O]riginal ideas, provocative research, bright writing, even humor-in short, some of the most engaging critical writing that I've read in a while. This is especially so when the writers avoid issues that apply to women's sports in general, concentrating on those that relate to skating in particular." -- Jeanne Schinto
-- Women\'s Review of Books
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Routledge
Published date: 1995
Size: 6 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 0.9 pounds
Publisher's Notes
The attack on Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit set the stage for a Winter Olympics spectacle: Tonya Harding versus Nancy Kerrigan. More than the war of genocide in Bosnia and President Clinton's first trip to Europe, more than David Letterman's mother's interview with the First Lady, these two young women were the center of a media frenzy that fascinated and repulsed millions of spectators.
Women On Ice collects the writings of a diverse group of feminists who address and question our national obsession with Tonya and Nancy and what this tells us about perceptions of women in twentieth century America. Some of the essays focus on the events themselves--the"hit" on Nancy Kerrigan, a "beautiful young woman from a good family"; the life of struggle for Tonya Harding, "a beer-drinking, pick-up driving working class woman"; and how the attack on Kerrigan pitted the two women against each other, setting the stage for an Olympic showdown. Other
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Women on Ice (Paperback, 1995)
C. Baughman
Routledge, 1995-10-17. Paperback. Acceptable. Front cover and first third of book were damaged by a spill of liquid on the side edge - pages have a light stain and a little waviness. All text is readable.APO/FPO orders are welcomed - Thank you for your service. ( more information)
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Women on Ice: Feminist Essays on the Tonya Harding / Nancy Kerrigan Spectacle
Baughman, Cynthia (edited by)
New York, NY: Routledge, 1995. Spine and cover in excellent condition. Pages clean and unmarked. 285 pp., illustrated. "Women on Ice helps us to understand the deeper meaning of the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan incident and what this tells us about the perceptions of femininity and feminism in twentieth-century America . . . Women on Ice explores a number of disturbing issues raised by the Kerrigan/Harding incident: the roles women are expected to uphold in public; the price that is paid for violating our notions of femininity . . . Women on Ice is a collection of writings by a diverse group of feminists who address and question our national obsession with these two skaters . . . ". Trade Paperback. Near Fine+/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Women on Ice: Feminist Essays on the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan Spectacle
Baughman, Cynthia {Editor}
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Routledge, 1995. "WOMEN ON ICE is a collection of writings by a diverse group of feminists who address and question our national obsession with these two skaters. Some essays focus on the events themselves-the 'hut' on Nancy Kerrigan, the life struggle for Tonya Harding, and how the attack on Kerrigan pitted the two women against each other, setting the stage for an Olympic showdown. Other essays discuss how the events were packaged, reported, and received." This book has 285 pages and is illustrated. The book has a significant amount of red ink underlining and red ink notations, in no way effecting the readability of the text.. ISBN: 0-415-91151-6. Not Given. Pictorial Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FEMINIST CRITICISM STEREOTYPE PSYCHOLOGY WOMEN. ( more information)
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C. Baughman
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