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1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : color illustrations. |
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text file |
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Studies in sports media
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Studies in sports media.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Visibility and difference in the UFC -- Developing a millennial sports media brand -- Affect and the Rousey effect -- Gendering the American Dream -- The labor of visibility on social media -- The fight for labor equity -- Coda: On love and violence. |
| Summary |
"Mixed martial arts stars like Amanda Nunes, Zhang Weili, and Ronda Rousey have made female athletes top draws in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Jennifer McClearen charts how the promotion incorporates women into its far-flung media ventures and investigates the complexities surrounding female inclusion. On the one hand, the undeniable popularity of cards headlined by women add much-needed diversity to the sporting landscape. On the other, the UFC leverages an illusion of promoting difference-whether gender, racial, ethnic, or sexual-to grow its empire with an inexpensive and expendable pool of female fighters. McClearen illuminates how the UFC's half-hearted efforts at representation generate profit and cultural cachet while covering up the fact it exploits women of color, lesbians, gender non-conforming women, and others. Thought provoking and timely, Fighting Visibility tells the story of how a sports entertainment phenomenon made difference a part of its brand-and the ways women paid the price for success"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
UFC (Mixed martial arts event)
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UFC (Mixed martial arts event) |
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Mass media and sports.
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Mass media and sports. |
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Women in mass media.
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Women in mass media. |
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Mass media and women.
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Mass media and women. |
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Women martial artists.
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Women martial artists. |
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Mixed martial arts.
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Feminism and sports.
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Mixed martial arts. |
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Discrimination in sports.
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Feminism and sports. |
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Women in popular culture -- 20th century.
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Discrimination in sports. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Women in popular culture. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- General. |
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1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Sports media and female athletes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship |
| Other Form: |
Print version: McClearen, Jennifer. Fighting visibility. Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, 2021 9780252043734 (DLC) 2020037057 |
| ISBN |
9780252052637 (electronic book) |
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0252052633 (electronic book) |
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9780252043734 (hardcover acid-free paper) |
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9780252085727 (paperback acid-free paper) |
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