Serena Williams
Tennis Champion, Sports Legend, and Cultural Heroine
Zusammenfassung
Record-breaking, trend-setting, polarizing, and controversial, Serena Williams often sparks conversation and debate. The 23-time Grand Slam champion has a team, an entourage, celebrity groupies, and a band of fans who call themselves “Serena’s army.” When not winning titles, Williams finds time to run her own fashion line, endorse luxury and financial brands, and fund schools for girls in Africa and Jamaica. Serena Williams transcends sports.
More than a biography, Serena Williams: Tennis Champion, Sports Legend, and Cultural Heroine not only tells the story of her upbringing and remarkable career but also looks at Williams as a sports pioneer. Merlisa Lawrence Corbett explores Williams’ influence on cultural and political issues such as body shaming, gender equality, and racism in sports and society. Corbett also analyzes Williams’ impact on discussions of feminism, the sports celebrity, and the marketing of female athletes. Williams is one of the most intriguing and influential figures in sports, and this book is the first to provide a fully-rounded portrait of a tennis icon.
Schlagworte
Global Equal Pay Gender Equality popular culture fashion Tennis Venus Williams Williams sisters US tennis player African American athlete Grand Slam sports and culture sports celebrity women’s rights pioneer misogyny tennis biography tennis controversies- i–xii Preface i–xii
- 45–58 3 Sisterly Love 45–58
- 95–108 7 Fashion Forward 95–108
- 109–118 8 Brand Serena 109–118
- 119–128 9 Second Act 119–128
- 129–138 10 Conclusion 129–138
- 139–144 Postscript 139–144
- 149–174 Notes 149–174
- 175–188 Bibliography 175–188
- 189–192 Index 189–192
- 193–194 About the Author 193–194