Female olympians[electronic resource...
Fuller, Linda K.

 

  • Female olympians[electronic resource] :a mediated socio-cultural and political-economic timeline /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 796.48082
    Title/Author: Female olympians : a mediated socio-cultural and political-economic timeline // by Linda K. Fuller.
    Author: Fuller, Linda K.
    Published: New York : : Palgrave Macmillan US :, 2016.
    Description: xv, 220 p. : : ill., digital ;; 24 cm.
    Contained By: Springer eBooks
    Subject: Women Olympic athletes.
    Subject: Cultural and Media Studies.
    Subject: Media and Communication.
    Subject: Gender Studies.
    Subject: Feminism.
    Subject: Popular Science in Sports.
    Subject: Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
    Subject: Social Structure, Social Inequality.
    ISBN: 9781137582812
    ISBN: 9781137594815
    [NT 15000228]: Preface -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1. An Introduction to Female Olympians -- Chapter 2. A Brief History of Women and the Olympic Games -- Chapter 3. Political/Nationalistic Concerns Relative to Female Olympians -- Chapter 4. The Gendered Economics of the Olympic Games -- Chapter 5. Socio-Cultural Considerations Relative to Female Olympians -- Chapter 6. Concluding Thoughts on Female Olympians -- Appendix 1 - Acronyms -- Appendix 2 - Olympic Games Participating Countries -- Appendix 3 - Notable Female Olympians -- Appendix 4 - Timelines for Female Olympians -- Appendix 5 - Olympic Studies Centers -- References.
    [NT 15000229]: This book examines women's participation in the Olympic Games since they were allowed to be included in that global arena. Using a holistic, social scientific approach, and emphasizing the rhetoric of sport mediatization, Female Olympians reviews the literature relative to sexism, racism, and ageism before providing historical, political, economic, and socio-cultural perspectives such as the gendered language of Olympic reportage, religious considerations, women's bodies relative to their training for the Games, drugs and doping, and female Paralympians. With numerous critical case studies, never-before assembled data, and personal interviews with athletes, this volume offers insights that both investigate and celebrate female Olympians' successes.
    Online resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58281-2
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