國立虎尾科技大學 |

Media Representations of Footballers' Wives = A Wag's Life /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Media Representations of Footballers' Wives/ Jennifer Bullen.
Reminder of title:	A Wag's Life /
Author:	Bullen, Jennifer.
Published:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan : : 2014.,
Description:	240 p. :6 ill. :
Notes:	Electronic book text.
Subject:	Material culture. -
Online resource:	Online journal 'available contents' page
ISBN:	1137335696 (electronic bk.) :

Media Representations of Footballers' Wives = A Wag's Life /
Bullen, Jennifer.

Media Representations of Footballers' WivesA Wag's Life /[electronic resource] :Jennifer Bullen. - 1st ed. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan :2014. - 240 p. :6 ill.

Electronic book text.

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.

Document

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.Since the FIFA World Cup of 2006, footballers' wives have become a staple part of popular British culture, regularly appearing in glossy magazines, the tabloid press, reality shows and documentaries. Jen Bullen provides an analysis of how the media has created an exaggerated and stereotypical 'wag' (wife and girlfriend) figure. Wags are treated like royalty, living in a glamorous and fairy tale world and offering the aspiration of transformation to young women, while elsewhere they are denigrated as pathological and representative of a short-cut culture - gold-digging bimbos undeserving of their fame and fortune and, as such, subjected to symbolic violence based on their class and taste. Bullen examines such representations in relation to class, gender, celebrity and football.

PDF.

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

ISBN: 1137335696 (electronic bk.) :£60.00Subjects--Topical Terms:

568891
Material culture.

LC Class. No.: GV943.9.S64 / B85 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 306.4

Media Representations of Footballers' Wives = A Wag's Life /
LDR:02908nam a22004213a 4500 001 799139
003 UK-WkNB
005 20141013000000.0
007 cu||||||||||||
008 150519e201408uuxxk |s|||||||0|0 eng|d
020 $a 1137335696 (electronic bk.) : $c £60.00
020 $a 9781137335685
020 $a 9781137335692 (electronic bk.) : $c £60.00
035 $a 9781137335692
040 $a UK-WkNB $b eng $c UK-WkNB
050 4 $a GV943.9.S64 $b B85 2014
072 $a JFCA $2 bicssc
072 7 $a JFCD $2 bicssc
072 7 $a JFDT $2 bicssc
072 7 $a JHB $2 bicssc
072 7 $a JHBS $2 bicssc
072 7 $a MED $2 ukslc
082 0 4 $a 306.4 $2 21
100 1 $a Bullen, Jennifer. $3 1010051
245 1 0 $a Media Representations of Footballers' Wives $h [electronic resource] : $b A Wag's Life / $c Jennifer Bullen.
250 $a 1st ed.
260 $a Basingstoke : $b Palgrave Macmillan : $b [distributor] Not Avail, $c 2014.
300 $a 240 p. : $b 6 ill.
365 $a 02 $b 60.00 $c GBP $d 00 $h S 50.00 20.0 60.00 10.00 $j GB $k xxk $m Palgrave Macmillan $2 onix-pt
365 $a 02 $b 90.00 $c USD $d 00 $e Local taxes may apply $h Z 90.00 0.0 90.00 0.00 $j US $k xxu $m Ingram Book Company $2 onix-pt
366 $b 20140807 $c IP 20140814 $j GB $k xxk $m Palgrave Macmillan $2 UK-WkNB
366 $b 20141028 $j US $k xxu $m Ingram $2 UK-WkNB
500 $a Electronic book text.
500 $a Epublication based on: 9781137335685.
505 0 $a 1. Introduction 2. Framing the wag 3. Methodology 4. Wives in Print 5. Footballers' Wive$ - Fact or Fiction? 6. Auto/biographies - Telling Tales 7. Conclusions - What's in a Name? Data Sources Bibliography Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C.
516 $a Document
520 $a 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. $b Since the FIFA World Cup of 2006, footballers' wives have become a staple part of popular British culture, regularly appearing in glossy magazines, the tabloid press, reality shows and documentaries. Jen Bullen provides an analysis of how the media has created an exaggerated and stereotypical 'wag' (wife and girlfriend) figure. Wags are treated like royalty, living in a glamorous and fairy tale world and offering the aspiration of transformation to young women, while elsewhere they are denigrated as pathological and representative of a short-cut culture - gold-digging bimbos undeserving of their fame and fortune and, as such, subjected to symbolic violence based on their class and taste. Bullen examines such representations in relation to class, gender, celebrity and football.
538 $a PDF.
545 0 $a The late Jen Bullen was a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, UK, between 2006 and 2010.
650 7 $a Material culture. $3 568891
650 7 $a Media Studies. $2 ukslc $3 1008599
650 7 $a Popular culture. $3 555651
650 7 $a Sociology. $3 551705
650 7 $a Sociology: sport & leisure. $2 bicssc $3 1008610
650 7 $a TV & society. $2 bicssc $3 1010052
856 4 $u http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137335692 $x 05 $z Online journal 'available contents' page