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Sport In Contemporary Society: An Anthology,9781594510472
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Sport In Contemporary Society: An Anthology


Edition: 7th
Author(s): Eitzen, D. Stanley
ISBN10:  1594510474
ISBN13:  9781594510472
Format:  Paperback
Pub. Date:  8/1/2004
Publisher(s): EMC/PARADIGM PUBLISHING

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Table of Contents
Preface ix
Part One Sport as a Microcosm of Society 1(38)
1 American Sport at Century's End
5(6)
D. Stanley Eitzen
2 Sport as Secular Sacrament
11(10)
Varda Burstyn
3 Sport in Society: An Inspiration or an Opiate?
21(17)
Jay J. Coakley
For Further Study
38(1)
Part Two Sport and Socialization: Organized Sports 39(36)
4 Play Group versus Organized Competitive Team: A Comparison
43(9)
Jay J. Coakley
5 High School Sports
52(4)
Alexander Wolff
6 Fraternal Bonding in the Locker Room
56(18)
Timothy Jon Curry
For Further Study
74(1)
Part Three Sport and Socialization: The Mass Media 75(38)
7 Televised Sport and the Anti(Sociological) Imagination
77(10)
Dan C. Hilliard
8 Center of Attention: The Gender of Sports Media
87(11)
Michael A. Messner
9 The Televised Sports Manhood Formula
98(14)
Michael A. Messner, Michele Dunbar, and Darnell Hunt
For Further Study
112(1)
Part Four Sport and Socialization: Symbols 113(28)
10 Old Times Not Forgotten: A Battle over Symbols
Douglas Lederman
11 The Problems with Native American Mascots
Laurel R. Davis
12 The De-Athleticization of Women: The Naming and Gender Marking of Collegiate Sport Teams
D. Stanley Eitzen and Maxine Baca Zinn
For Further Study
139(2)
Part Five Problems of Excess: Overzealous Athletes, Parents, and Coaches 141(22)
13 Kids and Sports: Injured at an Early Age
Larry Tye
14 Female Gymnasts and Ice Skaters: The Dark Side
Joan Ryan
15 Swoosh Comes to Shove
Mike Bresnahan
For Further Study
162(1)
Part Six Problems of Excess: Sport and Deviance 163(36)
16 Ethical Dilemmas in American Sport: The Dark Side of Competition
165(10)
D. Stanley Eitzen
17 Despite the Positive Rhetoric about Women's Sports, Female Athletes Face a Culture of Sexual Harassment
175(5)
Leslie Heywood
18 Out of Bounds: The Truth about Athletes and Rape
180(7)
Jill Neimark
19 Crime and Athletes: New Racial Stereotypes
187(11)
Richard E. Lapchick
For Further Study
198(1)
Part Seven Problems of Excess: Big-Time College Sport 199(26)
20 College Sports: Winners and Losers
201(8)
Murray Sperber
21 The Big-Time College Sports Plantation and the Slaves Who Drive It
209(11)
D. Stanley Eitzen
22 Guys and Dollars: Women Still Trail in the Greed Game of College Sports
220(3)
Alisa Solomon
For Further Study
223(2)
Part Eight Problems of Excess: Sport and Money 225(32)
23 NASCAR: A Big Money Machine
227(7)
Paul Newberry
24 The NFL Machine
234(7)
Tom Lowry
25 Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: Are New Stadiums Worth the Cost?
241(8)
Roger G. Noll and Andrew Zimbalist
26 Upward Mobility through Sport? The Myths and Realities
249(7)
D. Stanley Eitzen
For Further Study
256(1)
Part Nine Structured Inequality: Sport and Race/Ethnicity 257(28)
27 Sporting Dreams Die on the "Rez"
259(7)
Kevin Simpson
28 Racial Inequality and Sport
266(10)
George H. Sage
29 Fewer Blacks Step Up to Plate in Pro Baseball
276(7)
Mike Klis
For Further Study
283(2)
Part Ten Structured Inequality: Sport and Gender 285(28)
30 Sport and Gender
287(7)
D. Stanley Eitzen
31 The Real Culprit in the Cutting of Men's Olympic Sports
294(3)
Donna Lopiano
32 The Meaning of Success: The Athletic Experience and the Development of Male Identity
297(14)
Michael A. Messner
For Further Study
311(2)
Part Eleven Structured Inequality: Sport and Sexuality 313(38)
33 Changing the Game: Homophobia, Sexism, and Lesbians in Sport
315(17)
Pat Griffin
34 Sport and Masculinity: The Estrangement of Gay Men
332(14)
Brian Pronger
35 Is Baseball Ready for a Gay Jackie Robinson?
346(4)
Peter Dreier
For Further Study
350(1)
Part Twelve Expanding the Horizons: Sport and Globalization 351(34)
36 Globalization and Sports: Issues and Controversies
353(9)
Jay J. Coakley
37 Corporate Globalization and Sporting Goods Manufacturing: The Case of Nike
362(21)
George H. Sage
For Further Study
383(2)
About the Editor 385

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