J. Bullen

Media Representations of Footballers' Wives

A Wag's Life

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Representing a detailed analysis of footballers' wives and their role in contemporary British culture, this books explores how the generic and stereotypical 'Wag' has been created by newspaper and magazine coverage, auto/biographies and influential television programmes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-33568-5
• 2014
• Seitenzahl: 221
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 389g
• ISBN-13: 9781137335685
• ISBN-10: 1137335688
• Artikelnr.: 40549788

Autorenporträt

The late Jen Bullen was a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK, between 2006 and 2010.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Framing the wag 3. Methodology 4. Wives in Print 5. Footballers' Wive$ - Fact or Fiction? 6. Auto/biographies - Telling Tales 7. Conclusions - What's in a Name? Data Sources Bibliography Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C