Sexual Sports Rhetoric: Historical and Media Contexts of Violence: Historical and Media Contexts of Violence - Couverture souple

Fuller, Linda K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 143310508X ISBN 13 : 9781433105081

Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Sexual Sports Rhetoric : Historical and Media Contexts of Violence deals with controversies surrounding the notion of sport violence added to the equation of gender and language. Topics discussed range from hooliganism, spousal abuse, and racial and/or gender orientation issues to literary, televised, filmic and photographic (pornographic ? ) images of sports violence. The sports represented include ice hockey, stock car racing, football, body building, baseball, boxing, rugby, wrestling, and pool.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Editor : Linda K. Fuller (Ph.D., University of Massachusetts), Professor of Communications at Worcester State College and a Senior Fellow at Northeastern University, is the author/(co)editor of more than 20 books and over 250 professional publications and conference reports, including Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender : Historical Perspectives and Media Representations (2006), Sportscasting : Principles and Practices (2008), and Sexual Sports Rhetoric : Global and Universal Contexts (Peter Lang, 2009). Fuller was awarded Fulbrights to teach in Singapore and do HIV/AIDS research in Senegal. Her website is : www.LKFullerSport.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 143310508X
• ISBN 13: 9781433105081
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 298
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible