Tag: Bente Ovedie Skogvang
Women’s football in the U.S. – from a niche sport to the world stage
Rob Goldman’s The Sisterhood: The 99ers and the Rise of U.S. Women’s Soccer (University of Nebraska Press) is the story of the first and second generations of national team players who were the driving force behind the rise of U.S. women’s soccer and who built the foundation for the team’s enduring success. Bente Ovedie Skogvang, legendary football referee and prominent women’s football scholar, finds Goldman’s efforts highly recommendable for a wide readership.
Well-written, comprehensible, and comprehensive study of football’s early history
The checkered history of early football, with its great variety of codes for the game, is thoroughly investigated in Tony Collins’ How Football Began: A Global History of How the World's Football Codes Were Born (Routledge). We know how it went, with Association Football rules ending up the winner, but, according to our reviewer Bente Skogvang, how and why that happened is what Collins’ excellent study is all about. And there is by no means a clearcut answer.
Sport in History, Volume 39, 2019, Issue 2: Upfront and Onside: Women, Football, History and Heritage, Part One
Sport in History is a history journal that publishes original, archivally-based research on the history of sport, leisure and recreation. The journal encourages the study of sport to illuminate broader historical issues and debates. Includes an extensive reviews section.
Läsvärd antologi som håller mer än titeln lovar
Jonny Hjelm har läst antologin Women, Soccer and Transnational Migration (Routledge), sammanställd av Sine Agergaard och Nina Clara Tiesler. Hans kunniga och kritiska recension påvisar förvisso smärre brister, men totalt sett är detta en bok som innehåller mycket och viktig information på ett ganska blygsamt omfång.
Antologi som problematiserar maskulinitet och femininitet inom idrott och fritid
Suzanne Lundvall recenserar Kjønnsmakt i idrett og friluftsliv, en antologi med bidrag från en hyllningskonferensen till Gerd von der Lippe som fyllde 70 år 2012. Redaktörer är festföremålet själv med Hans Hognestad, och vår recensent är mycket nöjd.