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Picturing and praising women athletes.-

Publication: Melpomene Journal
Publication Date: 22-MAR-02
Format: Online - approximately 1103 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Picturing and praising women athletes.-(book review)

Article Excerpt
Game Face: What Does A Female Athlete Look Like?

Created and developed by Jane Gottesman; edited by Geoffrey Biddle

Random House, 224 pages

What does a female athlete took like? The question posed by the subtitle of Game Face is richly answered in this inspired collection of photographs: She's a trampolinist soaring in the air, mirroring the jet in the sky above her. They're a basketball team from Gallaudet University, signing the letters V-I-C-T-O-R-Y. They're the "Sun City Aqua Suns," six older women in swimsuits and bathing caps, with sagging breasts, round bellies, and wrinkles, all smiles and charming camaraderie. They're the 1952 Olympic tryout winners, three black women and three white women arm in arm -- two years before schools were desegregated. She's the 11-year-old girl who sports a wide grin and a 9 mm pistol. She's a Maine woman hurling a skillet in a frying pan toss. She's mud-caked jockey Julie Krone atop her mount, or soccer player Michelle Akers smashing her...

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