Media Representations of Footballers' Wives: A Wag's LifeRepresenting a detailed analysis of footballers' wives and their role in contemporary British culture, this books explores how the generic and stereotypical 'Wag' has been created by newspaper and magazine coverage, auto/biographies and influential television programmes. |
Contents
| 1 | |
2 Framing the Wag | 16 |
3 Methodology | 52 |
4 Wives in Print | 71 |
5 Fact or Fiction | 109 |
6 Autobiographies Telling Tales | 139 |
7 Conclusions Whats in a Name? | 179 |
Appendix A | 188 |
Appendix B | 192 |
Notes | 194 |
Data Sources | 196 |
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