San Francisco Bay Area Sports - Golden Gate Athletics, Recreation, and Community (Paperback)

San Francisco Bay Area Sports brings together fifteen essays covering the issues, controversies, and personalities that have emerged as northern Californians recreated and competed over the last 150 years. The area's diversity, anti-establishment leanings, and unique and beautiful natural surroundings are explored in the context of a dynamic sporting past that includes events broadcast to millions or activities engaged in by just a few. Professional and college events are covered along with lesser-known entities such as Oakland's public parks, tennis player and Bay Area native Rosie Casals, environmentalism and hiking in Marin County, and the origins of the Gay Games. Taken as a whole, this book clarifies how sport is connected to identities based on sexuality, gender, race, and ethnicity. Just as crucial, the stories here illuminate how sport and recreation can potentially create transgressive spaces, particularity in a place known for its nonconformity.

General

Imprint:	University of Arkansas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Sport, Culture, and Society
Release date:	March 2017
Editors:	Rita Liberti • Maureen Smith
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	500
ISBN-13:	978-1-68226-020-3
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General
LSN:	1-68226-020-8
Barcode:	9781682260203

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