Pub Date: June 10, 2009
Dewey: 302.23088796
LCCN: 2009279738
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.80" H x 8.60" L x 5.60" W ( 1.00 lbs) 260 pages
BISAC Categories:
Social Science | Gender Studies | Media Studies | Sociology | General | Discrimination incl Prejudice Racism Colorism etc | Sports and Recreation | Cultural and Social Aspects | Political Science | Public Policy | Social Policy | Anthropology | Cultural and Social | Law | Civil Rights | Criminology
Series: Global Culture and Sport
Description: This book examines how women athletes were represented in international media coverage during the 2004 Olympic Games. Through feminist theorizing and qualitative textual analysis, the contributors discuss sexualization, nationalism, success, failure and the [in]visibility of women athletes in newspaper reporting in Asia, Europe and the USA.