Out of Play: Critical Essays on Gender and SportState University of New York Press, 25 Mar 2010 - 240 sayfa 2008 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title From beer ads in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue to four-year-old boys and girls playing soccer; from male athletes' sexual violence against women to homophobia and racism in sport, Out of Play analyzes connections between gender and sport from the 1980s to the present. The book illuminates a wide range of contemporary issues in popular culture, children's sports, and women's and men's college and professional sports. Each chapter is preceded by a short introduction that lays out the context in which the piece was written. Drawing on his own memories as a former athlete, informal observations of his children's sports activities, and more formal research such as life-history interviews with athletes and content analyses of sports media, Michael A. Messner presents a multifaceted picture of gender constructed through an array of personalities, institutions, cultural symbols, and everyday interactions. |
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Class RaceSexualities | 45 |
Part III Bodies andViolence | 89 |
Part IV Gendered Imagery | 121 |
Bibliography | 197 |
Index | 221 |
List of titles in the SUNY series on Sport Culture and Social Relations | 226 |
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Sayfa 54 - A woman can do the same job as I can do — maybe even be my boss. But I'll be damned if she can go out on the football field and take a hit from Ronnie Lott.
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