Overview
- 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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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Rory Magrath is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Southampton Solent University, UK
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: LGBT Athletes in the Sports Media
Editors: Rory Magrath
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00804-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-00803-1Published: 07 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-00804-8Published: 23 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 295
Topics: Gender and Sexuality, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Media Studies, Journalism