A Locker Room of Her Own: Celebrity, Sexuality, and Female Athletes

Contents

Contents vii Foreword: A Locker Room of One’s Own —ROBERTA J. NEWMAN xv Acknowledgments xvii Introduction: Engaging Contested Terrain —DAVID C. OGDEN AND JOEL NATHAN ROSEN 3 Folklore and Fairy Tales: Babe Didrikson Zaharias Revealed —MARTHA REID 23 “Take Me Out to the Bellegame”: How the AAGPBL Gained and Maintained Its Highly Respected Reputation —KIMBERLY YOUNG 43 The Woman Who Should Be King: The Simplification of the Life and Career of Billie Jean King —ELIZABETH O’CONNELL 72 Venus and Serena Williams: Traversing the Barriers of the Country Club World —EARL SMITH AND ANGELA J. HATTERY 92 Marion Jones: Equity through Infamy —ROBERTA J. NEWMAN AND JOEL NATHAN ROSEN 107 Paired Heroines: Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova on the Global Stage —KATHLEEN A. BISHOP 124 “Raindrops on a Window”: Race and Sex and the Framing of the Sheryl Swoopes Narrative —LISA DORIS ALEXANDER 146 Florence Griffith Joyner: Sexual Politician in a Unitard —YVONNE D. SIMS vi Contents 162 Racing into the Storm: Roberta Gibb, Kathrine Switzer, and Women’s Marathoning —OREN RENICK AND LEA ROBIN VELEZ 175 Go Mama! Branded by Beauty: How Danica Patrick Swooned Her Way into Sponsorship —LISA R. NEILSON 191 Afterword: The Goddess Dethroned —JACK LULE 199 List of Contributors 205 Index ...