TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘Legends’ in ‘lingerie’: sexuality and athleticism in the 2013 Legends Football League US season
AU - Khomutova, Anastasiya
AU - Channon, Alex
N1 - © 2015 Human Kinetics Inc, as accepted for publication
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - This paper explores the representation of female athletes within the Legends Football League (LFL; formerly ‘Lingerie Football League’) in 2013. Specifically, the study seeks to understand the vision of women’s sport, and female athletes, which the LFL propagates. Drawing on a combined content and semiotic analysis of the commentary and visuals featured in 26 LFL matches broadcast online in 2013, our data suggests that the LFL presents apparently conflicting images of sexualized, but ‘powerful’ female athletes. We discuss these data relative to competing interpretive approaches to female sexuality in sports media, and join other sports media scholars in advocating audience reception research as a necessary next step to grasping this emergent sport’s significance.
AB - This paper explores the representation of female athletes within the Legends Football League (LFL; formerly ‘Lingerie Football League’) in 2013. Specifically, the study seeks to understand the vision of women’s sport, and female athletes, which the LFL propagates. Drawing on a combined content and semiotic analysis of the commentary and visuals featured in 26 LFL matches broadcast online in 2013, our data suggests that the LFL presents apparently conflicting images of sexualized, but ‘powerful’ female athletes. We discuss these data relative to competing interpretive approaches to female sexuality in sports media, and join other sports media scholars in advocating audience reception research as a necessary next step to grasping this emergent sport’s significance.
U2 - 10.1123/ssj.2014-0054
DO - 10.1123/ssj.2014-0054
M3 - Article
SN - 0741-1235
VL - 32
SP - 161
EP - 182
JO - Sociology of Sport Journal
JF - Sociology of Sport Journal
IS - 2
ER -
