Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Reading Media Texts in Women’s Sport: Critical Discourse Analysis and Foucauldian Discourse Analysis

Chapter 3 Opening up the Gendered Gaze: Sport Media Representations of Women, National Identity and the Racialised Gaze in Canada

Chapter 4 From ‘Iron Girl’ to’ sexy Goddess’: An Analysis of the Chinese Media

Chapter 5 ‘Acceptable Bodies’: Deconstructing the Finnish Media Coverage of the 2004 Olympic Games

Chapter 6 Double Trouble: Kelly Holmes, Intersectionality and Unstable Narratives of Olympic Heroism in the British Media

Chapter 7 Different Shades of Orange? Media Representations of Dutch Women Medallists

Chapter 9 Heroes, Sisters and Beauties: Korean Printed Media Representation of Sport Women in the 2004 Olympics

Chapter 10 An Analysis of Amaya Valdemoro’s Portrayal in a Spanish Newspaper during the Athens Olympics 2004

Chapter 11 The Media as an Authorising Practice of Femininity: Swiss Newspaper Coverage of Karin Thürig’s Bronze Medal Performance in Road Cycling

Chapter 12 Reproducing Olympic Authenticity: Representations of 2004 ‘Olympic Portraits of US Athletes To Watch’