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The Professionalisation of Women’s Sport

Issues and Debates

Ali Bowes, Alex Culvin (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
280 Seiten
2021
Emerald Publishing Limited (Verlag)
978-1-80043-197-3 (ISBN)
CHF 129,15 inkl. MwSt
The Professionalisation of Women’s Sport draws upon the expertise of a range of scholars from the fields of sport sociology, sport history, sport economics to critically discuss the complex and often fragmented histories of women’s involvement in professional sport.
As women’s sport continues to grow and develop there is an increasing need to critically examine the conditions in which women as athletes operate. The Professionalisation of Women’s Sport discusses the processes of professionalisation in women’s sports as distinct from, and different to, that seen in men’s sport, identifying different challenges that face the growth of women’s elite sport.


Within this collection, the complex and often fragmented nature of women’s involvement across a range of sports are critically discussed. Contributions span the fields of sport sociology, sport history, sport economics and beyond, and across the varying geographical contexts of North America, Europe, Australia and South Africa. Examining American football, basketball, cricket, cycling, golf, ice hockey, tennis, rugby union and rugby league, scholars consider the emergence of professionalisation, the role of the media, and experiences in and of women’s (semi-)professional sport.


The Professionalisation of Women’s Sport is an essential reference point for any student, researcher or professional interested in, or working in, elite women’s sport settings.

Ali Bowes is a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport at Nottingham Trent University. Ali is interested in socio-cultural, qualitative explorations of women in elite/professional sport settings. After gaining her PhD from Loughborough University, she has published research related to elite women’s sport. Alex Culvin is an Academic in Sport Business at the University of Salford Business School. Alex's research interests lie in elite sport, business management, policy, work and gender. She is currently co-editing two books on professional women's sport and professional women's football respectively. Alex is the Chair of the of the Football Collective, a global network of football scholars. Alex completed her PhD in 2019, in the first study to examine professional football as work for women in England. As a former professional footballer, Alex had unique access to professional footballers and maintains considerable networks within professional sport. Alongside this, Alex has had her work published in the Telegraph Sport, BBC Sport and the Athletic.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Issues and debates in the professionalisation of women’s sport; Ali Bowes and Alex Culvin

Section A: The Emergence of (Semi-)Professionalisation

Chapter 2. Grand slams: Tennis at the forefront of professionalised women’s sport; Robert J. Lake

Chapter 3. From “taking a while to settle” to becoming the Imbokodo: Women’s rugby union in South Africa during the post-apartheid and professional era, 2001–2020; Hendrik Snyders

Chapter 4. Gender differences in the pay of professional basketball players; Nola Agha and David Berri

Chapter 5. A successful failure? Troubling the road to the NWHL and professional women’s ice hockey; Stacey Leavitt and Carly Adams

Section B: The Impact of Mediatisation

Chapter 6. Mixed messages: Examining the early marketing of the WNBA; Adam Rugg

Chapter 7. Sexism and racism in women’s professional golf: The 2019 US Women’s Open; Robbie Matz and Ali Bowes

Chapter 8. “Getting noticed, respected, and supported”: Mediated (in)visibilities of women’s American football in the United States; Dunja Antunovic, Katie Taylor, Macauley Watt, and Andrew D. Linden

Chapter 9. #ThisMama: The professional athlete, pregnancy and motherhood – the case of Serena Williams; Hannah Thompson-Radford and Michael Skey

Chapter 10. Freedom for expression or a space of oppression? Social media and the female @thlete; Jaquelyn Osborne, Emma Kavanagh, and Chelsea Litchfield

Section C: Experiences in and of (semi-)professional women’s sport

Chapter 11. Riding in a man’s world: Gendered struggles in professional women’s road cycling; Suzanne Schrijnder, Fiona McLachlan, and Brent McDonald

Chapter 12. Growing expectations: Comparing NRLW athlete experiences; Hunter Fujak, Tracy Taylor, Clare Hanlon, and Donna O’Connor

Chapter 13. Walking the walk: Gender-bland sexism, the fan experience and perceptions of value in professional women’s cricket; Keith D. Parry, Jessica Richards, Jo Batey, and Aila Khan

Chapter 14. The gendered effects of Covid-19 on elite women’s sport; Beth G. Clarkson, Ali Bowes, Lucy Lomax, and Jessica Piasecki

Chapter 15. Conclusion: Where next when researching women’s professional sport?; Ali Bowes and Alex Culvin

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Emerald Studies in Sport and Gender
Verlagsort Bingley
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 535 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10 1-80043-197-X / 180043197X
ISBN-13 978-1-80043-197-3 / 9781800431973
Zustand Neuware
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