Sporting images in black and white: Race in newspaper coverage of the 2000 olympic games

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 211-227

  Hardin, Marie ^a   Dodd, Julie E ^b   Chance, Jean ^b   Walsdorf, Kristie ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Cultural hegemony; Gender; Olympics; Photographs; Race; Racial difference; Sexual difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748642693     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170490521176     Document Type: Article

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