Media Representations of Footballers' Wives: A Wag's Life

ISBN-13: 9781349463190 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 221 str.

J. Bullen

Opis

Representing a detailed analysis of footballers' wives and their role in contemporary British culture, this books explores how the generic and stereotypical 'Wag' has been created by newspaper and magazine coverage, auto/biographies and influential television programmes.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Framing the wag 3. Methodology 4. Wives in Print 5. Footballers' Wive$ - Fact or Fiction? 6. Auto/biographies – Telling Tales 7. Conclusions – What's in a Name? Data Sources Bibliography Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C

O autorze

The late Jen Bullen was a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK, between 2006 and 2010.