Physical Description:print xiv, 328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher:Vancouver :UBC Press,c2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-309) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Zhang Huilan (1898-1996): the "mother of women's modern physical education" -- Nationalist and feminist discourses on Jianmei (robust healthy beauty) -- The basketball team of the private Liangjiang women's Tiyu normal school -- The evanescent glory of the track queens -- "Miss China" Yang Xiuqiong (1918-82): a female Olympic swimmer -- Sportswomen on screen: the "athletic movie star," Li Lili (1915-2005).