Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport (eBook)

A Man’s World?

Georgia Cervin, Claire Nicolas (Herausgeber)

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2019 | 1st ed. 2019
XXV, 347 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-26909-8 (ISBN)

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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 Côte 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 Grégory Quin and afterword by Anaïs Bohuon, this is a pioneering study into gender and women's work in global sport.

Georgia Cervin is an honorary research fellow at the University of Western Australia. Drawing on her experience as an international gymnast, her research has focused on women's artistic gymnastics in terms of international politics, gender, governance, coaching and athlete rights.

Claire Nicolas is finishing her PhD at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Her research focuses on the connections between sports, gender and nationalism in West Africa.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.11.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics
• Reihe/Serie: Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics
• Zusatzinfo: XXV, 347 p. 9 illus., 8 illus. in color.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: Council of Europe • European Sport Conference • female leadership in sports • gymnastics • International sports federations • national sports organisation • Olympic Committees • Olympic Games • Sport Governance • Sport Management • Women in Sport
• ISBN-10: 3-030-26909-4 / 3030269094
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-26909-8 / 9783030269098