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Olympic Women and the Media: International Perspectives - Global Culture and Sport Series Pirkko Markula
Olympic Women and the Media: International Perspectives - Global Culture and Sport Series
Pirkko Markula
This book examines how women athletes were represented in international media coverage during the 2004 Olympic Games. Through feminist theorizing and qualitative textual analysis, the contributors discuss sexualization, nationalism, success, failure and the [in]visibility of women athletes in newspaper reporting in Asia, Europe and the USA.
274 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 10, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780230222847 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Genre | Interdisciplinary Studies > Communication Studies |
| Pages | 260 |
| Dimensions | 139 × 222 × 21 mm · 444 g |
| Editor | Markula, P. |
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