Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry - Hardcover
by H. Lenskyj
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Availability:In StockContributor:H. LenskyjSeries:Palgrave Studies in the Olympic and Paralympic GamesPublish date:10/30/2012Pages:159
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave PivotISBN-13:9781137291141ISBN-10:1137291141UPC:9781137291141Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural & Social Aspects, History, Gender StudiesSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.359Product ID:SC9YTP1B4S
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave PivotISBN-13:9781137291141ISBN-10:1137291141UPC:9781137291141Book Category:Sports & Recreation, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural & Social Aspects, History, Gender StudiesSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.359Product ID:SC9YTP1B4S
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
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
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2013 Edition
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