Full Description
As they compete in leagues around the world, elite women's basketball players continually adjust to new cultures, rules, and contracts.
Courtney M. Cox follows athletes, coaches, journalists, and advocates of women's basketball as they pursue careers within the sport. Despite all attempts to contain them or prevent forward momentum, they circumvent expectations and open new possibilities within and outside of the game. Throughout the book, Cox explores the intersection of race and gender against the backdrop of the WNBA, NCAA, and other leagues within the United States and around the world. Blending interviews and participant observation with content analysis, she charts how athletes and advocates of women's hoops illuminate new forms of navigating the global sports-media complex.
Timely and original, Double Crossover takes readers into the lived world of women's basketball to shed light on the struggles, triumphs, and contributions of today's players and those around them.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Abbreviations
Pregame Introducing the Crossover
First Quarter "Betting on Ourselves": The Politics and Ethics of Care in the WNBPA
Second Quarter Translating Time-Outs: The Choreography of Playing Overseas
Third Quarter Mission Equity: New Sporting Labor Considerations within Athletes Unlimited
Fourth Quarter You Can't See Me: Moving Past Misogynoir during March Madness
Overtime The Game Is Grown
Note on Sources
Notes
Index
