Learning Culture through Sports Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports

by Prettyman, Sandra Spickard; Lampman, Brian; Abrams, Doug; Coakley, Jay; Cooky, Cheryl; Dionigi, Rylee; Harrison, Keith; Hattery, Angela J.; Katz, Jackson; King, C. Richard; Kusz, Kyle; Jones, Carwyn; Lapchick, Richard; McDonald, Mary; Norman, Leanne; Rail

• ISBN13: 9781442206311
• ISBN10: 1442206314
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Like the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports 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. This new edition includes a more global perspective, drawing upon recent issues in the world of sports in order to better understand how sport influences contemporary American society, both positively and negatively.

Author Biography

Sandra Spickard Prettyman is associate professor of educational foundations and leadership at the University of Akron. Brian Lampman is a high school social studies teacher is Saline, Michigan, where he also coaches men's varsity soccer.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Studying Sport-What Can We Learn and Why Do We Care?	p. 1
Youth and Sport
Sport Specialization and Its Effects	p. 7
The Power of a Coach: Sport and Life's Lasting Lessons	p. 18
Achieving Equal Opportunity in Youth Sports: Roles for the ôPower of the Permitö and the ôChild Impact Statementö	p. 32
Gender, Sexuality, and Sport
Jocks Rule-Girls Drool: Middle School Definitions of a Jock	p. 43
The Frontrunner Failed to Land a Knockout Punch: Sports Metaphors, Masculinities, and Presidential Politics	p. 61
The Rutgers Women's Basketball Team Talks Back: Intersectionality, Resistance, and Media Power	p. 78
Come Out and Play: Confronting Homophobia in Sports	p. 92
Title IX Literacy: What Every Citizen Should Know about Title IX, Gender Equity, and College Sport	p. 107
Race, Ethnicity, and Sport
Sincere Fictions of Whiteness in New Millennium American Sport Films	p. 124
Reporting in Black and White: Coverage of Coaching Scandals in Minnesota-Two Different Worlds?	p. 143
Duke Lacrosse: An Exploration of Race, Class, Power, and Privilege	p. 158
Asian Americans in Unexpected Places: Sport, Racism, and the Media	p. 147
Sport, Media, and Big Business
Katrina's Tragic Wake and a Saintly Rescue: A Work in Progress	p. 182
Sports and Economics: An Examination of College Sports and Big Business	p. 193
Do Girls Rule? Understanding Popular Culture Images of ôGirl Power!ö and Sport	p. 210
International Perspectives on Sport and Participation
British National Female Coaches on Coaching	p. 227
Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympics, and Issues of Fair Competition	p. 238
Strong Women, Fragile Closets: The Queering of Women's Sport	p. 251
Older Athletes: Resisting and Reinforcing Discourses of Sport and Aging	p. 260
Conclusion: Thinking through the Contradictions in Sport	p. 279
Index	p. 283
About the Editors	p. 295
About the Contributors	p. 296
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