03612nam a22005415i 4500 978-3-031-53114-9 DE-He213 20251030111721.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240314s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031531149 978-3-031-53114-9 10.1007/978-3-031-53114-9 doi GV706.5 JHBS bicssc SPO000000 bisacsh JHBS thema Munro-Cook, Georgia. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 73044 Building the WNBA [electronic resource] : From "Dunking Divas" to Political Leaders / by Georgia Munro-Cook. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XIII, 240 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures, 2522-0349 1. Introduction -- 2. A History of Basketball for Women -- 3. “Dunking Divas”: Gender, Race and Sexuality (1997-2013) -- 4. The “3 to See” and Beyond (2013-) -- 5. “Say Her Name”: Activism and Racial Justice -- 6. Playing “Like a Guy”: Game Style, Physicality and Embodiment -- 7. “It’s My Job”: Building a Professional League -- 8. “Bet on Women”: Understanding the Wage Gap -- 9. Conclusion. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), exploring the role of gender, race, and sexuality in the continuing growth of the league. As the longest running and most successful professional women’s sporting league in the United States, the WNBA has evolved into a politically important force both inside and outside the sporting world. Drawing on a variety of research methods, including ethnography, media and literary analysis, and archival research, the book argues that it is its players’ dedication and commitment to ensuring a sustainable league that has enabled the WNBA to survive in spite of an American sporting landscape that is otherwise hostile to women. As such, It will be of interest to academics and students working or studying in the fields of sports sociology, sports management, feminist theory, sports history, and gender studies. Georgia Munro-Cook is a Research Fellow at Griffith University, Australia, working as part of the Inclusive Futures Beacon to promote sport and recreation for people with disability. She is particularly interested in looking at the intersectional barriers women with disability face in engaging with sport. Sports Sociological aspects. Sex. 66477 Sports sciences. 67947 Sport Sociology. 68592 Gender Studies. 66478 Sport Science. 68591 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031531132 Printed edition: 9783031531156 Printed edition: 9783031531163 New Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures, 2522-0349 73045 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53114-9 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 58331 58331