Routledge Handbook of Tennis: History, Culture and Politics

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367783908
• ISBN13: 9780367783907
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 9.7"