- Provides the first-ever comprehensive academic overview of LGBT athletes in the sports media
- Draws upon work from a wide range of established and emerging international scholars
- Combines studies of gender and sexuality with that of the sports media
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- About this book
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In recent years, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) athletes have received more media attention than ever before. Declining levels of homophobia across the Western world has facilitated a greater acceptance of LGBT athletes among heterosexual teammates, fans, and the sports media. Consequently, academic interest in sport, gender and sexuality has also increased substantially. This edited collection combines studies of gender and sexuality with that of the sports media to provide the first-ever comprehensive academic overview of LGBT athletes in the sports media. It draws upon work from a wide range of international scholars to provide an interdisciplinary analysis of improved media coverage of LGBT athletes, as well as the numerous issues and barriers which continue to exist.
LGBT Athletes in the Sports Media will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, media studies, and gender studies.
- About the authors
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Rory Magrath is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Southampton Solent University, UK
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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LGBT Athletes, Changing Social Contexts, and the ‘Sports Media’
Pages 1-26
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Perception Versus Reality: Gay Male American Athletes and Coming-out Stories from Outsports.com
Pages 27-50
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Lesbian Athletes in the Sports Media: Ambivalence, Scrutiny and Invisibility
Pages 51-74
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Traditional and Contemporary Methods of Coming Out in Sport
Pages 75-98
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Out of the Frame: How Sports Media Shapes Trans Narratives
Pages 99-124
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- LGBT Athletes in the Sports Media
- Editors
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- Rory Magrath
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-00804-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-00804-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-00803-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 295
- Topics
