"I would just like to be known as an athlete": Managing hegemony, femininity, and heterosexuality in female sport

Western Journal of Communication

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-144

  Meân, Lindsey J ^a,b   Kassing, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourses; Femininity; Gender; Hegemony; Heterosexuality; Social Construction; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 45949103650     PISSN: 10570314     EISSN: 17451027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10570310802038564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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