Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport: A Man's World? (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783030269081)

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
ISBN-10: 3030269086
ISBN-13: 9783030269081
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/11/2019
Pages: 347
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.19d