UID:
almahu_9949386184902882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781000163209
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1000163202
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9781003034841
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1003034845
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9781000163162
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1000163164
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9781000163186
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1000163180
Series Statement:
Routledge research in sports history ; [5]
Content:
Britain has a long and distinguished history as an Olympic nation. However, most Olympic histories have focused on men's sport. This is the first book to tell the story of Britain's Olympic women, how they changed Olympic spectacle and how, in turn, they have reinterpreted the Games. Exploring the key themes of gender and nationalism, and presenting a wealth of new empirical, archival evidence, the book explores the sporting culture produced by British women who aspired to become Olympians, from the early years of the modern Olympic movement. It shines new light on the frameworks imposed on female athletes, individually and as a group, by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the British Olympic Association (BOA) and the various affiliated sporting international federations. Using oral history and family history sources, the book tells of the social processes through which British Olympic women have become both heroes and anti- eroes in the public consciousness. Exploring the hidden narratives around women such as Charlotte Cooper, Lottie Dod, Audrey Brown and Pat Smythe, and bringing the story into the modern era of London 2012, Dina Asher- mith and Katarina Johnson- hompson, the book helps us to better understand the complicated relationship between sport, gender, media and wider society. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in sport history, Olympic history, women's history, British history or gender studies.
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Britain and the Olympic Movement -- Structure of the book and methodology -- Notes -- Chapter 1: British Olympic pioneers 1900-1912: Chattie, Lottie and Jennie -- Introduction -- The formation of the BOA and its impact on the IOC -- Amateurism and voluntarism -- Charlotte 'Chattie' Cooper and the Paris Olympic Games 1900 -- From Paris 1900 to London 1908 and Lottie Dod, 'The Little Wonder'
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'Well done England': Jennie Fletcher and the Stockholm Olympic Games 1912 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2: The Olympic inter-war revival and the British Olympic Association: Gladys Carson and the 1924 Paris Games -- Introduction: from Antwerp in 1920 to Paris 1924 -- Antwerp 1920 and the British Olympic Association -- Gladys Carson and the Paris Olympics of 1924 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3: The first all-female British Olympic team at Lake Placid, USA in 1932: Mollie, Joan, Cecilia and Megan -- Introduction -- St Moritz and Amsterdam 1928 -- Lake Placid and Los Angeles 1932
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen1936 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games: How gender and politics shaped the career of athlete Audrey Brown -- Introduction -- The first generation of Women's Amateur Athletic Association pioneers -- Audrey Brown and the 1936 Olympic Games -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Austerity and the second London Olympic Games in 1948: How Margaret Wellington swam to fame as 'The Peppy Kid' -- Introduction -- Margaret Wellington: 'swim and see the world' -- The Flying Housewife and the 1948 Olympic Games -- Conclusion -- Notes
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Chapter 6: Elizabeth II, Britain and Olympic Cold War rivalries: Equestrian Pat Smythe and the New Elizabethans 1952-1960 -- Introduction: the New Elizabethans -- Helsinki and Cold War rivalry -- Pat Smythe: 'Britain's greatest and best-loved horsewoman' -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Britain's Olympic Golden Girls and the changing media industry 1964-1984: The decline of amateurism and the rise of sports medicine -- Introduction: quasi-medical narratives questioning womanhood in sport -- The Golden Girls generation 1964-1968: Mary Rand, Susan Masham and Jane Bullen
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Mary Peters: I wanted it more! -- From Munich to Montreal, Moscow and Los Angeles -- Dame Mary Alison Glen Haig: women leaders in world sport -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Olympic legacies: Lottery funding, professional sport, diversity and fame -- Sarah Winckless and rowing: continuity and change -- Eniola Aluko and women's football: people will ask 'what did she stand for?' -- Notes -- Appendix 1: Great Britain's female team at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria and the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, Tokyo1 -- Winter Olympics Innsbruck, Austria 29 January-9 February 1964
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 0367473216
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367473211
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003034841
