Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in the Olympic and Paralympic Games

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-10-30
Mått:140 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt:362 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Antal sidor:159
Upplaga:2013
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137291141

Utforska kategorier

Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj is Professor Emirita of the University of Toronto, Canada. Her previous publication include The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic Studies (co-edited with S. Wagg); Olympic Industry Resistance; The Best Ever Olympics?; and Inside the Olympics Industry

Recensioner i media

"Lenskyj continues her assault on the hegemony of the Olympic movement, which she refers to as the Olympic industry... The arguments are presented with great literary finesse, and may leave the reader wondering if there is any redeeming value in the Olympic movement"- Choice Review "Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry brings a much-needed critique of global gendered power relations into a dynamic conversation in feminist sport studies ... [a] timely and highly relevant book" - International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Beyond Binaries: An Intersectional Analysis The Limits of Liberalism: Sex, Gender and Sexualities Challenges to the Olympic Industry In the Pool, On the Ice: Contested Terrain Sex and the Games Conclusion