Olympic Women and the Media: International Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-29
Reading Media Texts in Women’s Sport: Critical Discourse Analysis and Foucauldian Discourse Analysis....Pages 30-49
Opening up the Gendered Gaze: Sport Media Representations of Women, National Identity and the Racialised Gaze in Canada....Pages 50-69
From ‘Iron Girl’ to’ sexy Goddess’: An Analysis of the Chinese Media....Pages 70-86
‘Acceptable Bodies’: Deconstructing the Finnish Media Coverage of the 2004 Olympic Games....Pages 87-111
Double Trouble: Kelly Holmes, Intersectionality and Unstable Narratives of Olympic Heroism in the British Media....Pages 112-131
Different Shades of Orange? Media Representations of Dutch Women Medallists....Pages 132-149
Winning Space in Sport: The Olympics in the New Zealand Sports Media....Pages 150-167
Heroes, Sisters and Beauties: Korean Printed Media Representation of Sport Women in the 2004 Olympics....Pages 168-185
An Analysis of Amaya Valdemoro’s Portrayal in a Spanish Newspaper during the Athens Olympics 2004....Pages 185-213
The Media as an Authorising Practice of Femininity: Swiss Newspaper Coverage of Karin Thürig’s Bronze Medal Performance in Road Cycling....Pages 214-231
Reproducing Olympic Authenticity: Representations of 2004 ‘Olympic Portraits of US Athletes To Watch’....Pages 232-256
Back Matter....Pages 257-260