Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport: A Man's World? (Paperback)
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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.
- Author:
- Georgia Cervin, Claire Nicolas
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- Jan 08, 2021
- Number of pages:
- 376 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 3030269116
- ISBN-13:
- 9783030269111