Tennis is one of the world’s most popular sports, as levels of participation and spectatorship demonstrate. Moreover, tennis has always been one of the world’s most significant sports, expressing crucial fractures of social class, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity - both on and off court.
This is the first book to undertake a survey of the historical and socio-cultural sweep of tennis, exploring key themes from governance, development and social inclusion to national identity and the role of the media. It is presented in three parts: historical developments; culture and representations; and politics and social issues, and features contributions by leading tennis scholars from North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
The most authoritative book published to date on the history, culture and politics of tennis, this is an essential reference for any course or program examining the history, sociology, politics or culture of sport.
Edited by:
Robert Lake
Associate editor:
Carol Osborne
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 816g
ISBN: 9780367783907
ISBN 10: 0367783908
Series: Routledge International Handbooks
Pages: 500
Publication Date: 31 March 2021
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
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A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Introduction to the History and Historiography of Tennis Robert J. Lake Part I: Historical Developments (Commercialization, Professionalization and the Creation of Tennis Celebrities; Globalization and Internationalization of Tennis) 2. From Folk Game to Elite Pastime: Tennis and its Patrons Brad Hummel and Mark Dyreson 3. Grass Roots: The Development of Tennis in Britain, 1918-1978 Joyce Kay 4. Coaching and Training in British Tennis: A History of Competing Ideals Robert J. Lake, Dave Day and Simon J. Eaves 5. Golden Years and Golden Stars: International Women's Tennis between the Wars Elizabeth Wilson 6. A Transcendent Game Plan: Bill Tilden's Rhetorical Strategy in Defying the USLTA John Carvalho and Michael Milford 7. Fred Perry and the amateur-professional divide in British tennis between the wars Kevin Jefferys 8. Boris Becker and Steffi Graf: German tennis, media images and national identity Kristian Naglo 9. The Female Hero through the Cultural Lens: Comparing Framing of Li Na in Chinese and Western Media Steve Bien-Aime, Haiyan Jia and Chun Yang 10. The World's Game? Globalization and the Cultural Economy of Tennis Barry Smart 11. Jeu de Paume, Lawn Tennis and France's National Identity from the 1870s to the Musketeers Era Patrick Clastres 12. Lawn Tennis in Ireland: The Untold History, 1870-1914 Simon J. Eaves and Tom Higgins 13. Socio-cultural Transformations of Tennis in the Czech Republic Arnost Svoboda and Dino Numerato 14. A Brief Historical, Political and Social Analysis of Argentine Tennis Robert G. Rodriguez 15. Indian Tennis: Past Perfect, Present Continuous, Future Tense Suvam Pal 16. Tennis in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Mahfoud Amara Part II: Culture and Representations (Gender, Race, Class, the Arts and Media) 17. Fashioning Competitive Lawn Tennis: Object, Image, and Reality in Women's Tennis Dress 1884-1919 Suzanne Rowland 18. Wimbledon Women: Elite Amateur Tennis Players in the Mid-Twentieth Century Janine van Someren and Stephen Wagg 19. Beyond the Kournikova Phenomenon : Race and Beauty in a 'Colorblind' Culture Helen Ditouras 20. Making Work out of Play: The Troubling Gender Performances of Bill Tilden Nathan Titman 21. Your Racquet Should Do the Talking: Masculinity and Top - Class Tennis, 1930s to the Early Twenty First Century Stephen Wagg 22. You've Come a Long Way Baby but When Will You Get to Deuce? The Media (Re)presentation of Women's Tennis in the Post Open Era John Vincent 23. Veiled Hyper-Sexualization: Deciphering Strong is Beautiful as collective identity in the WTA's global ad campaign Travis R. Bell and Janelle Applequist 24. Warriors of the Court: Richard Pancho Gonzalez, Rosie Casals and the History of U.S. Latino/as in Tennis Jose M. Alamillo 25. Historical Changes in Playing Styles and Behavioural Etiquette in Tennis: Reflecting Broader Shifts in Social Class and Gender Relations Robert J. Lake 26. The Seductions of Modern Tennis: Technical Invention, Social Practice, Literary Discourse Alexis Tadie 27. Understanding Competitive Tennis through Literature and the Visual Arts: Society, Celebrity and Aesthetics Alexis Tadie 28. The Literature of Tennis Jeffrey O. Segrave 29. International Tennis Art Ann Sumner 30. Tennis and the Media: A History of Shifting Attitudes toward Tennis Journalism and Broadcasting Robert J. Lake and Simon J. Eaves 31. Exploring an Online Tennis Community Nadina Ayer and Ron McCarville 32. Tennis & Social Media Katie Lebel and Karen Danylchuk Part III: Politics and Social Issues (Governance, Nationalism and Identity: Race, Gender, Class and Disability) 33. Tennis Governance: A History of Political Power Struggles Robert J. Lake 34. Defending the Grand Slam: Government Intervention, Urban Renewal and Keeping the Australian Open Alistair John and Brent McDonald 35. Tennis and the Olympics: An Historical Examination of their On-Off Relationship since 1896 Matthew P. Llewellyn and Robert J. Lake 36. The Wimbledon Effect: The Tennis Championships as Changing National Symbol Stephen Wagg 37. Andy Murray and the Borders of National Identities: (Re)Claiming a Tennis Champion John Harris 38. Racial Politics in the History of American Tennis Sundiata Djata 39. Arthur Ashe: Politics, Racism and Tennis Eric Allen Hall 40. The Original 9: The Social Movement That Created Women's Professional Tennis, 1968-1973 Kristi Tredway 41. Giving all women the chance: The Battle of the Sexes in Popular Culture Jessica Luther 42. Break Point: Renee Richards and the Significance of Sex and Gender in Women's Tennis Lindsay Parks Pieper 43. Venus and Serena are Doing It for Themselves: Theorizing Sporting Celebrity, Marxism and Black Feminism for the Hip-Hop Generation Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe 44. Wheelchair Tennis: Historical Development and Narratives of Play Linda K. Fuller 45. A History of Social Exclusion in British Tennis: From Grass Roots to the Elite Level Robert J. Lake
Robert J. Lake (Editor) is Instructor in the Department of Sport Science at Douglas College, Canada. He has written on numerous socio-historical aspects of tennis including social class, gender, national identity, media, coaching and talent development policy. His first book A Social History of Tennis in Britain (Routledge, 2015) won the Lord Aberdare Literary Prize in 2016 awarded by the British Society of Sports History. Carol A. Osborne (Assistant Editor) is Senior Lecturer in Sport and Social Sciences at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Her research focuses on women in sports history and gender relations in sport. She sat on the executive committee of the British Society of Sports History (BSSH) 2007–17 and has worked as an independent History Consultant with the UK-based Sporting Heritage CIC.
