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Sports Heroines on Film: A Critical Study of Cinematic Women Athletes, Coaches and Owners
Sports Heroines on Film: A Critical Study of Cinematic Women Athletes, Coaches and Owners
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It's hard to find females in leading roles as athletes, coaches and owners in sports film story lines. With an abundance of male-focused stories, Hollywood continues to reinforce the association of athleticism with masculinity. Portrayals of women in prominent roles indicate social attitudes and values andwhen looked at over timealso show what influence the women's movement has had on cinematic representation and social understandings. This discussion of sports film heroines begins with
(1944) and ends with
(2010). It addresses the question of whether these story lines do or do not empower women as characters and role models, while offering alternative cinematic choices that reflect the true and ever-growing history of women in sports.