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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825608203321

Titolo

Sport, rhetoric, and gender : historical perspectives and media representations / / edited by Linda K. Fuller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36076-7

9786611360764

0-230-60075-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FullerLinda K

Disciplina

306.4/83

Soggetti

Sports - Social aspects

Sports

Gender identity

Mass media and sports

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Sport Language Per Se; Part II: Historical Perspectives; Part III: Print Media Representations; Part IV: Broadcast Media Representations; Part V: Visual Media Representations; Part VI: Classic Case Studies; About the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Interested in the nexus between sport, gender, and language, Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender: Historical Perspectives and Media Representations contains 21 wide-ranging chapters examining sport vis-à-vis the language surrounding and incorporated by it in the world arena.