Sport, Gender and Mega-Events【電子書籍】

＜p＞Sport mega-events are more than just large-scale gatherings and celebrations of human athletic achievement; they are also arenas through which groups and individuals perform, reinforce, challenge and disrupt identities, power and status. Understanding that sport is widely recognised as a practice through which normative ideas of gender are both reinforced and challenged, this book explores how this is magnified in the context of sport mega-events with their associated global media attention, elite performance, and social and cultural relevance.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As sport mega-events become ever more prominent in popular culture, and are used by governments as tools to stimulate national and regional development, critical analysis of the gendered aspects of mega-events is increasingly important. Featuring a range of mega-event case studies and conceptual discussions, ＜em＞Sport, Gender and Mega-Events＜/em＞ shows the significance of mega-events to wider sporting practices, and considers how these．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る