The professionalisation of women's sport : issues and debates

As women's sport continues to grow and develop there is an increasing need to critically examine the conditions in which women as athletes operate. The Professionalisation of Women's Sport discusses the processes of professionalisation in women's sports as distinct from, and different...

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Other Authors Bowes, Ali (Editor), Culbin, Alex (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021.
SeriesEmerald studies in sport and gender
Subjects
Sports for women > Social aspects.
Professionalism in sports.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781800431980
DOI10.1108/9781800431966
Physical Description1 online resource (280 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Issues and debates in the professionalisation of women's sport / Ali Bowes and Alex Culvin Section A: The Emergence of (Semi-)Professionalisation
  • Chapter 2. Grand slams: Tennis at the forefront of professionalised women's sport / Robert J. Lake
  • Chapter 3. From "taking a while to settle" to becoming the imbokodo: Women's rugby union in South Africa during the post-apartheid and professional era, 2001-2020 / Hendrik Snyders
  • Chapter 4. Gender differences in the pay of professional basketball players / Nola Agha and David Berri
  • Chapter 5. A successful failure? Troubling the road to the nwhl and professional women's ice hockey / Stacey Leavitt and Carly Adams Section B: The Impact of Mediatisation
  • Chapter 6. Mixed messages: Examining the early marketing of the wnba / Adam Rugg
  • Chapter 7. Sexism and racism in women's professional golf: The 2019 us women's open / Robbie Matz and Ali Bowes
  • Chapter 8. "getting noticed, respected, and supported": Mediated (in)visibilities of women's American football in the United States / Dunja Antunovic, Katie Taylor, Macauley Watt, and Andrew D. Linden
  • Chapter 9. #thismama: the professional athlete, pregnancy and motherhood - the case of serena williams / Hannah Thompson-Radford and Michael Skey
  • Chapter 10. Freedom for expression or a space of oppression? Social media and the female @thlete / Jaquelyn Osborne, Emma Kavanagh, and Chelsea Litchfield Section C: Experiences in and of (semi-)professional women's sport
  • Chapter 11. Riding in a man's world: Gendered struggles in professional women's road cycling / Suzanne Schrijnder, Fiona McLachlan, and Brent McDonald
  • Chapter 12. Growing expectations: Comparing nrlw athlete experiences / Hunter Fujak, Tracy Taylor, Clare Hanlon, and Donna O'Connor
  • Chapter 13. Walking the walk: gender-bland sexism, the fan experience and perceptions of value in professional women's cricket / Keith D. Parry, Jessica Richards, Jo Batey, and Aila Khan
  • Chapter 14. The gendered effects of Covid-19 on elite women's sport / Beth G. Clarkson, Ali Bowes, Lucy Lomax, and Jessica Piasecki
  • Chapter 15. Conclusion: Where next when researching women's professional sport? / Ali Bowes and Alex Culvin.

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