{"product_id":"on-the-sidelines-guy-harrison-9781496226464","title":"On the Sidelines: Gendered Neoliberalism and the American Female Sportscaster","description":"\u003cp\u003e 2022 Outstanding Book Award in the Communication and Sport Division from the National Communication Association \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When sports fans turn on the television or radio today, they undoubtedly find more women on the air than ever before. Nevertheless, women sportscasters are still subjected to gendered and racialized mistreatment in the workplace and online and are largely confined to anchor and sideline reporter positions in coverage of high-profile men's sports. In \u003ci\u003eOn the Sidelines\u003c\/i\u003e Guy Harrison weaves in-depth interviews with women sportscasters, focus groups with sports fans, and a collection of media products to argue that gendered neoliberalism--a cluster of exclusionary twenty-first-century feminisms--maintains this status quo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spinning a cohesive narrative, Harrison shows how sportscasting's dependence on gendered neoliberalism broadly places the onus on women for their own success despite systemic sexism and racism. As a result, women in the industry are left to their own devices to navigate double standards, bias in hiring and development for certain on-air positions, harassment, and emotional labor. Through the lens of gendered neoliberalism, \u003ci\u003eOn the Sidelines\u003c\/i\u003e examines each of these challenges and analyzes how they have been reshaped and maintained to construct a narrow portrait of the ideal neoliberal female sportscaster. Consequently, these challenges are taken for granted as \"natural,\" sustaining women's marginalization in the sportscasting industry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guy Harrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496226461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496226464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Guy Harrison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045493043455,"sku":"9781496226464","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_453c35cd-c72d-473e-bd03-606ee8ab87fb.jpg?v=1684979080","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-sidelines-guy-harrison-9781496226464","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}