The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team and How It Changed the World – A Provocative Look at 1999 Role Models and Off-Field Race, Class, and Gender Issues
by Jere Longman
A provocative look at the 1999 U.S. Women's Soccer Team, its role models, and the race, class, and gender issues that shaped its historic World Cup victory.
About This Book
The Girls of Summer explores the 1999 U.S. Women's Soccer Team and its impact on global sports culture.
The book examines the team's role models and the broader social context of their achievement.
Issues of race, class, and gender are considered in relation to the team's off-field experiences.
Jere Longman provides a critical perspective on how the team changed perceptions of women's athletics.
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