Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry [electronic resource] /
Lenskyj, H.author.
This book explores how the Olympic industry has shaped hegemonic concepts of sporting masculinities and femininities for its own profit and image-making ends, examining its continuing marginalization of athletes on account of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Content; 1 Introduction; 2 Beyond Binaries: An Intersectional Analysis; 3 The Limits of Liberalism: Sex, Gender and Sexualities; 4 Challenges to the Olympic Industry; 5 In the Pool, on the Ice: Contested Terrain; 6 Sex and the Games; 7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book explores how the Olympic industry has shaped hegemonic concepts of sporting masculinities and femininities for its own profit and image-making ends, examining its continuing marginalization of athletes on account of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class.
International Olympic Committee.
Sports-Sociological aspects.
Sociology.
Social history.
Political science.
Political sociology.
Ethnicity.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Gender Studies.
Social History.
Political Science.
Political Sociology.
Ethnicity Studies.