Sportswomen at the Olympics

Sportswomen at the Olympics
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-10 : 9789460911071
ISBN-13 : 9460911072
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Download or read book Sportswomen at the Olympics written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Do the global sports media continue to ignore and downplay female sporting success—or is this invisibility changing? Does the world’s largest media event, the Olympic Games, which places sport at the centre of world attention, also represent a media showcase for the achievements of female athletes? This is the main focus of this book.


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