Female Olympians

A Mediated Socio-Cultural and Political-Economic Timeline

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Av Linda K. Fuller

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2016-12-08
Mått148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt423 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor220
Upplaga16001
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137594815

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Sociologi inom Samhalle och politik
Evenemang och organisation inom Sport fritid och hobby
Genusvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhalle och politik
Sportböcker inom Sport fritid och hobby

Linda K. Fuller is Professor of Communications at Worcester State University, USA. She is the author, editor, or coeditor of more than 20 books and 250 professional publications and conference reports. Her books include Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender: Historical Perspectives and Media Representations (Palgrave, 2006), African Women's Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS: Communication Perspectives and Promises (Palgrave, 2008), Women, War, and Violence: Personal Perspectives and Global Activism (Palgrave, 2010), and The Power of Global Community Media (Palgrave, 2012).

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.

“Fuller’s multifaceted Female Olympians offers an extensively researched study grounded in familiar, essential theories concerning issues of gendered power and privilege. … This comprehensible study will be of interest to scholars in several fields, as well as any individual interested in gendered Olympic history from a ‘mediated’ cultural focus. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.” (A. Curtis, Choice, Vol. 54 (11), July, 2017)