03417nam a22004935i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001200172072001700184072002300201072001600224100008900240245011600329250001800445264007900463300003500542336002600577337002600603338003600629347002400665490007600689505042400765520123301189650003402422650001602456650002802472650002802500650002702528650002602555710003402581773002602615776003602641776003602677776003602713830008302749856004602832912001402878912001402892999001702906978-3-031-53114-9DE-He21320251030111721.0cr nn 008mamaa240314s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315311499978-3-031-53114-97 a10.1007/978-3-031-53114-92doi 4aGV706.5 7aJHBS2bicssc 7aSPO0000002bisacsh 7aJHBS2thema1 aMunro-Cook, Georgia.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut97304410aBuilding the WNBAh[electronic resource] :bFrom "Dunking Divas" to Political Leaders /cby Georgia Munro-Cook.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXIII, 240 p.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aNew Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures,x2522-03490 a1. 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.  aThis 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. 0aSportsxSociological aspects. 0aSex.966477 0aSports sciences.96794714aSport Sociology.96859224aGender Studies.96647824aSport Science.9685912 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303153113208iPrinted edition:z978303153115608iPrinted edition:z9783031531163 0aNew Femininities in Digital, Physical and Sporting Cultures,x2522-034997304540uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53114-9  aZDB-2-SLS  aZDB-2-SXS  c58331d58331