K. Woodward

Sex, Power and the Games

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the social and cultural impact of the Olympic Games, examining gender and sport, the inequalities between nations and people and at what the Games offer and how they are changing, in relation to spectacles, spectatorship and culture, including the links between art and sport.

Produktdetails

• Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-28319-0
• 2012
• Seitenzahl: 205
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 400g
• ISBN-13: 9780230283190
• ISBN-10: 0230283195
• Artikelnr.: 35455219

Autorenporträt

Kath Woodward is Professor of Sociology and Head of Department in the Sociology Department at the Open University, UK. Her interests bring together feminist theory, gender studies and sport. She is author of Boxing, Masculinity and Identity, Social Sciences: The Big Issues, Why Feminism Matters, Embodied Sporting Practices, and Sex, Power and the Games.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Regulatory Frameworks: Playing by the Rules Finding the Truth: Hoping for Certainty Nations, Host Cities and Opportunities Spectacles and Spectators The Art of Sport Contradictions, Controversies and Disruptions Conclusion References

Rezensionen

'...Woodward comprehensively illustrates how the Games as well as their connection with various social, economic and cultural apparatuses both challenge and generate sex/gender inequality. Overall, this is an important, invaluable resource for those interested in the gender dimension of sports.' - Essential, by Choice