Athletes, sexual assault, and 'trials by media' : narrative immunity / Deb Waterhouse-Watson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waterhouse-Watson, Deb, author.

Series:

Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society

Routledge research in sport, culture and society ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soccer players--Sexual behavior.

Soccer players.

Soccer players--Sexual behavior--Australia.

Mass media and sports.

Mass media and sports--Australia.

Public opinion--Australia.

Public opinion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since footballer sexual assault became top news in 2004, six years after the first case was reported, much has been written in the news media about individual cases, footballers and women who have sex with them. Deb Waterhouse-Watson reveals how media representations of recent sexual assault cases involving Australian footballers amount to ""trials by media"", trials that result in acquittal. The stories told about footballers and women in the news media evoke stereotypes such as the ""gold digger"", ""woman scorned"" and the ""predatory woman"", which cast doubt on the alleged victims' cla

Contents:

Athletes, Sexual Assault, and "Trials by Media" NarrativeImmunity; Copyright; Contents; A Note on Terminology; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Story of Rape: Narrating Sexual Assault Involving Footballers; 2 Narrative Immunity: Patterns of Deflecting Blame; 3 Narrative Exile: Silencing the Feminine; 4 The Male Footballer's Imaginary Body: Legitimating Sexual Violence; 5 Rape Is Not a Team Sport: Militarism, Alcohol and Team Bonding; 6 The Official Story: Bad Apples, Heroes, and (Naughty) Little Boys; 7 Fighting Words: Alternative Strategies for Narrating Sexual Assault

Conclusion: Breaking the DifférendAfterword: The End of an Affair; Appendix 1: Reported Cases of Footballer Sexual Assault, 1998-2011; Appendix 2: Tables of Cited Television Programs; Appendix 3: AFL and NRL Clubs and Nicknames; Appendix 4: Glossary of Australian News Outlets; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-135-12351-9

0-203-07607-9

1-299-14829-8

1-135-12352-7

9780203076071

OCLC:

828793605