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From Iron Girl to Sexy Goddess

  • Ping Wu
Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Abstract

This chapter focuses on media discourse of female athletes in contemporary China. First, the historical developments of Chinese women’s liberation and feminist critique will be discussed to reveal the broad social background for my discussion. Next, academic literature on media treatment of women’s sport and female athletes in China will be reviewed. Finally, a textual analysis will examine how the Chinese media portrayed Chinese female athletes in their reports of the Athens Olympic Games.

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Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Chapter Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 70-86

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2009

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2009

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., United States, United Kingdom

ISBN (Print)

9780230222847

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/233697

Host publication title

Olympic Women and the Media: International Perspectives

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