Overview
Record-breaking, trend-setting, polarizing, and controversial, Serena Williams often sparks conversation and debate. The 23-time Grand Slam champion has a team, an entourage, celebrity groupies, and a band of fans who call themselves “Serena’s army.” When not winning titles, Williams finds time to run her own fashion line, endorse luxury and financial brands, and fund schools for girls in Africa and Jamaica. Serena Williams transcends sports. More than a biography, Serena Williams: Tennis Champion, Sports Legend, and Cultural Heroine not only tells the story of her upbringing and remarkable career but also looks at Williams as a sports pioneer. Merlisa Lawrence Corbett explores Williams’ influence on cultural and political issues such as body shaming, gender equality, and racism in sports and society. Corbett also analyzes Williams’ impact on discussions of feminism, the sports celebrity, and the marketing of female athletes. Williams is one of the most intriguing and influential figures in sports, and this book is the first to provide a fully-rounded portrait of a tennis icon.
Full Product Details
Author: Merlisa Lawrence Corbett
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.435kg
ISBN: 9781538109663
ISBN 10: 1538109662
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 15 January 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
A complex figure deserves a complex biography. Merlisa Lawrence Corbett delivers an ace from a daring angle.--Jon Wertheim, executive editor, Sports Illustrated
A complex figure deserves a complex biography. Merlisa Lawrence Corbett delivers an ace from a daring angle.--Jon Wertheim, executive editor, Sports Illustrated The Williams sisters have been inspirational in so many ways beyond tennis, most notably in their ability to remain close despite an obvious and inevitable rivalry in their sport. Merlisa Lawrence Corbett tells that story, and of how Serena was able to grow from her older sister's considerable shadow to become the predominant athlete of her age, with the sort of tenacity and grace one might have witnessed in one of those Williams vs. Williams finals from Grand Slams past.--Mike DeCourcy, Senior Writer, Sporting News
Author Information
Merlisa Lawrence Corbett is a tennis columnist and veteran sports journalist whose work has appeared in Bleacher Report, TennisView, Yahoo Sports, and London-based TennisLive.com. She is a former reporter for Sports Illustrated.
