Helen Jefferson Lenskyj Books

Focusing on the intersection of sports and gender, this book offers insights into how charitable efforts in sports can influence gendered labor dynamics. It serves as a resource for teaching and knowledge sharing, addressing themes of gender, sport, leisure, health, and wellbeing. The content is designed to engage a diverse audience, making it relevant for educators, researchers, and practitioners interested in these interconnected fields.

Exploring mega-events as gendered constructs, this volume examines how they categorize athletes within binary sex roles while challenging traditional notions of gendered bodies. It highlights the complex interplay between athletic performance and societal perceptions of masculinity and femininity, pushing the boundaries of accepted gender norms in sports.

Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympic Games command public and media attention, while Olympic mythology and ritual obscure their underlying function as a profit-making business enterprise.