Overview
- A clear introduction to key elements of female Olympic events and Paralympian events
- Includes critical analysis coupled with digestible reference information covering a wide variety of Olympic and Paralympic events
- Authored by one of the leading authorities in Olympic Studies and Gender and Sports
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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About this book
Female Olympian and Paralympian Events is a groundbreaking book that examines women’s sports in the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which have long been underappreciated and under-analyzed. The book begins with a brief background on women’s participation in the Olympic Games and their role relative to the International Olympic Committee, then introduces the underlying Gendered Critical Discourse Analysis theory used throughout the book’s analysis before delving into a literature review of female Olympians and Paralympians’ events. It includes a listing of noteworthy “firsts” in the field, followed by individual discussions of twenty-eight Summer and seven Winter events, analyzed according to their historical, rhetorical, and popular cultural representations. Women’s unique role(s) in the various events are discussed, particular athletes and Paralympic events are highlighted, and original tables are also included. At the end of each section, affiliated organizations and resources are included in this invaluable referential volume.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Linda K. Fuller is Professor of Communications at Worcester State University, USA. She is author or editor of more than thirty books, including Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender, Sportscasters/Sportscasting, Sexual Sports Rhetoric, The Power of Global Community Media, and Female Olympians. The recipient of Fulbrights to Singapore and Senegal, she has also visited every host country of the Olympic Games. Visit her website at LKFullerSport.com.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Female Olympian and Paralympian Events
Book Subtitle: Analyses, Backgrounds, and Timelines
Authors: Linda K. Fuller
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76792-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76791-8Published: 17 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08290-1Published: 24 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76792-5Published: 04 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 290
Topics: Media and Communication, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Disability Studies, Global/International Culture, Popular Culture