Female Olympians
Subtitle: A Mediated Socio-Cultural and Political-Economic Timeline
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Dec 08, 2016
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781137594815
Description: 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.
Notes: Source title: Female Olympians: A Mediated Socio-Cultural and Political-Economic Timeline