Football and Manliness : An Unauthorized Feminist Account of the NFL / Thomas P. Oates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oates, Thomas Patrick, author.

Series:

Feminist media studies.

Feminist media studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Masculinity.

Mass media and sports--United States.

Mass media and sports.

Football--Social aspects--United States.

Football.

National Football League.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Professional football is often parodied as a simplistic, straightforward assertion of male power. However, in this book Thomas P. Oates examines the shifting presentation of masculinity and race through media coverage of professional football and contends that in contemporary US media culture, the NFL offers more than entertainment: it provides a space where the anxieties and contradictions characterizing the dominant formations of contemporary masculinity can be worked through, adjusted, and recalibrated to meet contemporary challenges. Guided by feminist theory, Oates argues that during a period of intense political, cultural, and economic change, mediated professional football (through a variety of media forms), NFL entertainments are subtly adjusting dominant forms of masculinity, aligning them with the demands of a new economy reality and the shifting relations of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Ultimately, the book brings sustained critical feminist attention to one of the most profitable, culturally powerful, and recognizable branded media products in the contemporary US. It aims to map some important ways racialized masculinity is positioned, adjusted, and deployed in a changing cultural and economic climate, and to identify possible spaces for resistance"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue: Football, Manliness, and Populism

Pregame: Man in Motion: The Shifting Meanings of Masculinity, Race, and Football

1 - "This Game has Got to be about More than Winning": Football Melodramas and the Defense of the Homosocial Enclave

2 - "We Ought to See what we're Buying": The NFL Draft and Regimes of Visibility

3 - Male Order: Masculine Authority, Professional Football, and Enterprising Culture

4 - Man Management: Football Gaming and the "Financialization of Daily Life"

Postgame: The End of Football?

Notes

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-252-09948-6

OCLC:

968246519