Media Representations of Footballers' Wives

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.

Autorentext

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

Inhalt

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