Out of play : critical essays on gender and sport / Michael A. Messner ; foreword by Raewyn Connell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Messner, Michael A.

Series:

SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.

SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Athletes in mass media.

Masculinity in sports.

Sex discrimination in sports.

Sex role.

Sports--Social aspects.

Sports.

Television and sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A revealing look at gender issues in contemporary sport.

Contents:

""Out of Play""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Gender and Sports""; ""Part I. Sport as a Gender Construction Site""; ""1. Barbie Girls versus Sea Monsters: Children Constructing Gender""; ""2. Sports and Male Domination: The Female Athlete as Contested Ideological Terrain""; ""Part II. Masculinities: Class, Race,Sexualities""; ""3. Masculinities and Athletic Careers""; ""4. White Men Misbehaving: Feminism, Afrocentrism, and the Promise of a Critical Standpoint""; ""5. Studying Up on Sex""; ""Part III. Bodies and Violence""

""6. When Bodies Are Weapons: Masculinity and Violence in Sport""""7. Scoring without Consent: Confronting Male Athletes� Sexual Violence against Women""; ""Part IV. Gendered Imagery""; ""8. Outside the Frame: Newspaper Coverage of the Sugar Ray Leonard Wife Abuse Story""; ""9. The Televised Sports Manhood Formula""; ""10. This Revolution Is Not Being Televised""; ""11. The Male Consumer as Loser: Beer and Liquor Ads in Mega Sports Media Events""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-220) and index.

ISBN:

9780791479780

0791479781

OCLC:

802049370