Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry

• Author(s): H. Lenskyj,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 159
• ISBN_10: 113729115X
  ISBN_13: 9781137291158
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Sports & Recreation / Cultural & Social Aspects , Social Science / Gender Studies , History / Social History , Political Science / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Political Science / History & Theory ,

Description:... 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.