Paradoxes of youth and sport / edited by Margaret Gatz, Michael A. Messner, and Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gatz, Margaret.

Messner, Michael A.

Ball-Rokeach, Sandra, 1941-

Series:

SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Social aspects--Congresses.

Sports.

Sports--Social aspects.

Youth--Social conditions--Congresses.

Youth.

Youth--Social conditions.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York, [2002]

Contents:

Introduction: Framing Social Issues through Sport 1

Part 1 Can Sport for Youth Build Character and Prevent Violence?

1. Using Sports to Control Deviance and Violence among Youths: Let's Be Critical and Cautious / Jay Coakley 13

2. The Role of Sports in Youth Development / Martha E. Ewing, Lori A. Gano-Overway, Crystal F. Branta, Vern D. Seefeldt 31

3. Teaching Life Skills through Sport / Steven J. Danish 49

Kids of Value: A Conversation with Marty Martinson 61

Part 2 Reading Social Issues: Sports Media, Literature, and Pedagogy

4. Representations of Female Athletes in Young Adult Sports Fiction: Issues and Intersections of Race and Gender / Mary Jo Kane, Kimberly D. Pearce 69

5. We Got Next: Negotiating Race and Gender in Professional Basketball / Sarah Banet-Weiser 93

6. Teaching Against the Grain: A Learner-Centered, Media-Based, and Profeminist Approach to Gender and Nonviolence in Sport / Jim McKay 103

7. Blowing Whistles: The Sports Violence Profile / Lawrence A. Wenner 119

Let's Face It: A Conversation with David Davis on Sports Journalism 123

Part 3 Racial Inequality and Intergroup Contact

8. Race, Youth, Athletes, and Role Models / Kenneth L. Shropshire 135

9. Understanding Intercultural Relations on Multiethnic High School Sports Teams / Patricia M. Greenfield, Helen M. Davis, Lalita K. Suzuki, Ioakim P. Boutakidis 141

10. Athletic Identity, Racial Attitudes, and Aggression in First-Year Black and White Intercollegiate Athletes / James S. Jackson, Shelley Keiper, Kendrick T. Brown, Tony N. Brown, Warde Manuel 159

11. Uneven Playing Field: The Impact of Structural Barriers on the Initial Eligibility of African American Student-Athletes / Robert M. Sellers, Tabbye M. Chavous, Tony N. Brown 173

Race and Sport and Youth in America: A Conversation with Terrence Barnum 187

Part 4 Violence on and off the Playing Field: Is the Problem Sport Culture or Society?

12. Contrasting Perspectives on Youthful Sports Violence / Malcolm W. Klein, Susan B. Sorenson 197

13. From "Sports Violence" to "Sports Crime": Aspects of Violence, Law, and Gender in the Sports Process / Kevin Young 207

14. Scoring without Consent: Confronting Male Athletes' Violence Against Women / Michael A. Messner, Mark A. Stevens 225

15. Sport, Youth, Violence, and the Media: An Activist Athlete's Point of View / Donald G. McPherson 241

Sport and Youth-Violence Prevention: A Conversation with Billie P. Weiss 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0791453235

0791453243

OCLC:

47140550