“America's sweetheart” and “czech-mate”: A Discursive Analysis of the Evert-Navratilova Rivalry

Journal of Sport & Social Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-37

  Spencer, Nancy E ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evert Navratilova; femininities; historic rivalry; national identities; women's tennis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845491471     PISSN: 01937235     EISSN: 15527638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193732502239582     Document Type: Article

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