Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry

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

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137291158

10.1057/9781137291158 - Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

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Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry

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10.1057/9781137291158 - Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry, Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

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Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry

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