Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport - A Man's World? (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

Sport has never been a man's world. As this volume shows, women have served key roles not only as athletes and spectators, but as administrators, workers, decision-makers, and leaders in sporting organizations around the world. Contributors excavate scarce archival material to uncover histories of women's work in sport, from swimming teachers in nineteenth-century England to national sports administrators in twentieth-century Cote d'Ivoire, and many places in between. Their work has been varied, holding roles as teachers, wives, and secretaries in sporting contexts around the world, often with diplomatic functions-including at the 1968 and 1992 Olympic Games. Finally, this collection shows how gender initiatives have developed in sporting institutions in Europe and international sport federations today. With a foreword by Gregory Quin and afterword by Anais Bohuon, this is a pioneering study into gender and women's work in global sport.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics
Release date:	December 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Georgia Cervin • Claire Nicolas
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	347
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-026908-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	3-03-026908-6
Barcode:	9783030269081

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