Erica Munkwitz

Women, Horse Sports and Liberation (eBook, PDF)

Equestrianism and Britain from the 18th to the 20th Centuries

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first, full-length scholarly examination of British women's involvement in equestrianism from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries, as well as the corresponding transformations of gender, class, sport, and national identity in Britain and its Empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429554919
• Artikelnr.: 61959268

Autorenporträt

Erica Munkwitz is Professorial Lecturer in Modern British and European history at American University in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Her research focuses on gender, sport, and empire in modern Britain, and specifically on women's involvement in equestrianism. In 2016, she received the Junior/Early Career Scholar Award from the European Committee for Sports History, and, in 2018, she received the Solidarity Prize for Excellence in Early Career Equine Research.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Development of Horsemanship
Gender Construction
and National Identity in Britain
1. Ladies
Hunting
and the Sporting Revolution in Britain
1772-1825
2. Horseback Riding as Exercise and Female Accomplishment
1805-1857
3. Fox Hunting and Sporting Emancipation for Women
1857-1913
4. Horse Sports
Imperial Ideology
and Gender Construction in British India
1850-1913
5. Femininity
Sporting Equality
and Riding Astride in Britain Before and After the First World War
1894-1932
Conclusion: Equestrianism
Feminism
and the Olympic Games
1932-1956