Jean Williams

Britain's Olympic Women (eBook, ePUB)

A History

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Britain has a long and distinguished history as an Olympic nation. However, most Olympic histories have focused on men's sport. This is the first book to tell the story of Britain's Olympic women, how they changed Olympic spectacle and how, in turn, they have reinterpreted the Games.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000163209
• Artikelnr.: 59847390

Autorenporträt

Jean Williams is Professor of Sport at the Institute of Sport and Human Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, UK. She is also Non Executive Director at The Silverstone Motor Sport Museum.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Britain and The Olympic Movement
1. British Olympic Pioneers 1900-1912: Chattie
Lottie and Jennie
2. The Olympic Inter-War Revival and the British Olympic Association: Gladys Carson and the 1924 Paris Games
3. The First All-Female British Olympic Team at Lake Placid
USA in 1932: Mollie
Joan
Cecilia
and Megan
4. The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games: How Gender and Politics Shaped the Career of Athlete Audrey Brown
5. Austerity and the Second London Olympic Games in 1948: How Margaret Wellington Swam to Fame as 'The Peppy Kid'
6. Elizabeth II
Britain and Olympic Cold War Rivalries: Equestrian Pat Smythe and the New Elizabethans 1952-1960
7. Britain's Olympic Golden Girls and The Changing Media Industry 1964-1984: The Decline of Amateurism and The Rise of Sports Medicine
8. Olympic Legacies: Lottery Funding
Professional Sport
Diversity and Fame
Appendix 1: Great British Female Team at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck
Austria and the 1964 Summer Olympic Games
Tokyo
Appendix 2: Great British Olympic Women's Team at the 1968 Mexico Summer Olympic Games and the Grenoble Winter Games
Appendix 3: Great Britain's Female Team at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich
West Germany and the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo
Japan
Appendix 4: Great Britain's Female Team at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montréal
Canada and the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck
Austria
Appendix 5: Great Britain's Female Team at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow
USSR and the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid
USA
Appendix 6: Great Britain's Female Team at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles
USA and the 1984 Winter Olympics