Gender Politics and the Olympic IndustryThis 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, sexuality and class. |
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An Intersectional Analysis | 11 |
Sex Gender and Sexualities | 39 |
4 Challenges to the Olympic Industry | 52 |
Contested Terrain | 87 |
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