Female Olympian and Paralympian Events Analyses, Backgrounds, and Timelines /

• Main Author: Fuller, Linda K. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Communication.; Sports-Sociological aspects.; People with disabilities.; Culture.; Popular Culture.; Media and Communication.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.; Disability Studies.; Global/International Culture.; Popular Culture .

Female Olympian and Paralympian Events is a groundbreaking book that examines women's sports in the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which have long been underappreciated and under-analyzed. The book begins with a brief background on women's participation in the Olympic Games and their role r...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Gendered Implications of Olympic and the Paralympic Events
• 2. Summer Events
• 3. Winter Events
• 4. Comments and Predictions on Female Olympian and Paralympian Events.