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Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry - Palgrave Studies in the Olympic and Paralympic Games H. Lenskyj 1st ed. 2013 edition
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Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry - Palgrave Studies in the Olympic and Paralympic Games
H. Lenskyj
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.
159 pages, VI, 159 p.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9781349450763 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 159 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 322 g (Weight (estimated)) |
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