Learning Culture through Sports Exploring the Role of Sports in Society

by Prettyman, Sandra Spickard; Lampman, Brian

• ISBN13: 9781578863808
• ISBN10: 1578863805
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-28
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

On school playgrounds and sporting fields, the words 'you throw like a girl' are often used to denigrate particular players. Caricatures on Native Americans continue to fill billboards and sport stadiums, even in our nation's capital, despite the outcry of many American Indian organizations and supporters. These words, images, and the actions associated with them have meanings, and say much about the role of sport in our world and in our lives. Yet sport is rarely examined critically, despite the fact that it is an integral part of our society, and an important force in our lives. While we often complain about certain aspects of sport, rarely are solutions explored. This book provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical venue by which to examine contemporary issues and controversies surrounding sport. In this text, authors take up the challenges faced by sport in our world, especially as it relates to the lives of young people, providing multiple perspectives on the issues, problems, and possibilities of sport in contemporary American society. The authors represent a variety of positions_scholars, coaches, teachers, athletes, and community members_providing readers with different lenses through which to examine sport and its role in our society. This book helps readers to recognize that sport is not just a game, but also a serious piece of our culture that needs to be examined critically from multiple perspectives.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: Why Study Sport?	ix
Sandra Spickard Prettyman
Part I: Youth Participation and Sport
Organized Sports for Young People: A 20th-Century Invention	3	(12)
Jay Coakley
An Open Letter to Communities: What Community Leaders Can Do to Improve Youth Sports	15	(11)
Bob Bigelow
Bruce Svare
Richard Irving
Steve Fisher
Doug Abrams
Time Out! For Better Sports for Kids	26	(9)
Fred Engh
Motivation and Outcomes of Youth Participation in Sport	35	(18)
Peggy McCann
Martha Ewing
Part II: Gender and Sexuality in Sport
Title IX: Past. Present, and Future	53	(13)
Margaret Duncan
Liberties and Lipstick: The Paradox of Cheerleading as Sport	66	(9)
Natalie G. Adams
Pamela J. Bettis
If You Beat Him, You Own Him, He's Your Bitch: Coaches, Language, and Power	75	(14)
Sandra Spickard Prettyman
Pitching for Equality: Gay Athletes and Homophobia	89	(14)
Eric Anderson
Part III: Race and Ethnicity in Sport
The New Racial Stereotypes	103	(16)
Richard Lapchick
Exploring Race with Secondary Students: Developing Critical Media Literacy	119	(10)
Brian Lampman
Unexpected, Undeserved, Unrewarded . . . and Undeniable: Sport and Transformation	129	(4)
Bill Curry
Making Sense of the American Indian Mascot Issue	133	(18)
Ellen J. Staurowsky
Part IV: Sport and the Media
Songs Sung Red. White, and Blue: Music, Sports, and the Rhetoric of Patriotism	151	(17)
Stephen D. Mosher
Reconsidering Girl Power: Examining Media Images of Female Athletes	168	(14)
Maureen Smith
Why Be A ``Jackass''?: Media Images of Young White Men In and Out of Sport in New Millennium America	182	(15)
Kyle W. Kusz
Education, Sport, and Hip-Hop through the ``Mic'' of Stuart Scott	197	(6)
C. Keith Harrison
Quaylan Allen
Part V: Sport and Violence
In the Name of Obedience: Overcoming the Damaging Myths about Hazing	203	(11)
Joe Gervais
Athletes, Role Models, and Criminals: What Do We Make of This Tripartite Mess?	214	(15)
Earl Smith
Angela Hattery
Part VI: Sport and Schools
The Scholar-Baller Approach: A Cultural Map for Academic Success in America	229	(12)
C. Keith Harrison
Eddie Comeaux
Jean A. Boyd
Cliff J. Parks Jr.
David Heikkinen
Rethinking the Role of Sports in Our Schools	241	(10)
John R. Gerdy
The Meaning of Success in Academics and Athletics	251	(4)
Rob Renes
Conclusion: Sport, Society, and Social Justice	255	(10)
Brian Lampman
About the Editors and Contributors	265