A sports reporter investigates the training of girls as professional gymnasts and figure skaters, arguing that the pressure to succeed and to look beautiful results in mental and physical harm, from eating disorders to psychological trauma.
The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/05/1995
- ISBN:
- 9780385477901
- 9780385477901
- Category:
- Ice-skating
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-05-1995
- Publisher:
- The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Weight:
- 0.54kg
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Sociology: sport & leisure
Sports & outdoor recreation
Ice-skating
Gender studies: women
Gymnastics
Biography: sport
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