Georgia Munro-Cook: Building the WNBA

Cover: 9783031531163 | Building the WNBA | From "Dunking Divas" to Political Leaders | Buch

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This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), exploring the role of gender, race, and sexuality in the continuing growth of the league. As the longest running and most successful professional women's sporting league in the United States, the WNBA has evolved into a politically important force both inside and outside the sporting world. Drawing on a variety of research methods, including ethnography, media and literary analysis, and archival research, the book argues that it is its players' dedication and commitment to ensuring a sustainable league that has enabled the WNBA to survive in spite of an American sporting landscape that is otherwise hostile to women.
As such, It will be of interest to academics and students working or studying in the fields of sports sociology, sports management, feminist theory, sports history, and gender studies.

Über den Autor

Georgia Munro-Cook is a Research Fellow at Griffith University, Australia, working as part of the Inclusive Futures Beacon to promote sport and recreation for people with disability. She is particularly interested in looking at the intersectional barriers women with disability face in engaging with sport

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. A History of Basketball for Women.- 3. "Dunking Divas": Gender, Race and Sexuality (1997-2013).- 4. The "3 to See" and Beyond (2013-).- 5. "Say Her Name": Activism and Racial Justice.- 6. Playing "Like a Guy": Game Style, Physicality and Embodiment.- 7. "It's My Job": Building a Professional League.- 8. "Bet on Women": Understanding the Wage Gap.- 9. Conclusion.

Details

Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures
Inhalt:	xiii 240 S.
ISBN-13:	9783031531163
ISBN-10:	3031531167
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Munro-Cook, Georgia
Hersteller:	Springer Springer International Publishing AG New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße:	210 x 148 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Georgia Munro-Cook
Erscheinungsdatum:	02.04.2025
Gewicht:	0,336 kg