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Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry
Helen Jefferson Lenskyj
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Description for Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry
Hardcover. 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. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JFSJ; JFSL; WSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Number of Pages
159
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137291141
SKU
V9781137291141
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Ref
99-15
About Helen Jefferson Lenskyj
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
Reviews for Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry
"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 ... Read more