Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport - Georgia Cervin - Palgrave, 2021
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Histories of Women's Work in Global Sport
A Man's World?
Edizione Inglese di Georgia Cervin (a cura di), Claire Nicolas (a cura di)
Editore: Springer International Publishing
EAN: 9783030269111
ISBN: 3030269116
Pagine: 376
Formato: Paperback
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.