Athletes, sexual assault, and trials by media : narrative immunity /

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Since footballer sexual assault became top news in 2004, six years after the first case was reported, much has been written in the news media about individual cases, footballers and women who have sex with them. Deb Waterhouse-Watson reveals how media representations of recent sexual assault cases i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Waterhouse-Watson, Deb
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2013.
Series:Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 22.
Subjects:
Soccer players > Sexual behavior.
Soccer players > Sexual behavior > Australia.
Mass media and sports.
Mass media and sports > Australia.
Public opinion > Australia.
Médias et sports.
Médias et sports > Australie.
Opinion publique > Australie.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Sociology of Sports.
Mass media and sports
Public opinion
Fußballspieler
Sexuelle Belästigung
Vergewaltigung
Massenmedien
Berichterstattung
Öffentliche Meinung
Australia
Australien
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Athletes, Sexual Assault, and "Trials by Media" NarrativeImmunity; Copyright; Contents; A Note on Terminology; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Story of Rape: Narrating Sexual Assault Involving Footballers; 2 Narrative Immunity: Patterns of Deflecting Blame; 3 Narrative Exile: Silencing the Feminine; 4 The Male Footballer's Imaginary Body: Legitimating Sexual Violence; 5 Rape Is Not a Team Sport: Militarism, Alcohol and Team Bonding; 6 The Official Story: Bad Apples, Heroes, and (Naughty) Little Boys; 7 Fighting Words: Alternative Strategies for Narrating Sexual Assault.
  • Conclusion: Breaking the DifférendAfterword: The End of an Affair; Appendix 1: Reported Cases of Footballer Sexual Assault, 1998-2011; Appendix 2: Tables of Cited Television Programs; Appendix 3: AFL and NRL Clubs and Nicknames; Appendix 4: Glossary of Australian News Outlets; Notes; References; Index.

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