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1. Sport and the Emancipation of European Women

   The Struggle for Self-fulfilment

   Edited by Gigliola Gori, J.A. Mangan

   Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives

   Sport and the Emancipation of European Women: the Struggle for Self-fulfilment explores the contributions of European women to the emancipation of women worldwide. It expands understanding of the need for their attitudes and actions and celebrates their achievements in freeing the female body from...

   To Be Published August 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. Italian Fascism and the Female Body

   Sport, Submissive Women and Strong Mothers

   By Gigliola Gori

   Series: Sport in the Global Society

   This is the first text to examine women and sport in Italy during the period 1861-1945. To qualify and quantify the impact of fascism on Italian Women's sport, the author first of all examines the pre-fascist period in terms of female physical culture. The text then describes how during the fascist...

   Published September 22nd 2004 by Routledge