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9780791471715

Out of Play : Critical Essays on Gender and Sport

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791471715

  • ISBN10:

    0791471713

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-07-05
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Author Biography

Michael A. Messner is Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
Introduction: Gender and Sportsp. 1
Sport as a Gender Construction Site
Barbie Girls versus Sea Monsters: Children Constructing Genderp. 11
Sports and Male Domination: The Female Athlete as Contested Ideological Terrainp. 31
Masculinities: Class, Race, Sexualities
Masculinities and Athletic Careersp. 47
White Men Misbehaving: Feminism, Afrocentrism, and the Promise of a Critical Standpointp. 61
Studying Up on Sexp. 71
Bodies and Violence
When Bodies Are Weapons: Masculinity and Violence in Sportp. 91
Scoring without Consent: Confronting Male Athletes' Sexual Violence against Womenp. 107
Gendered Imagery
Outside the Frame: Newspaper Coverage of the Sugar Ray Leonard Wife Abuse Storyp. 123
The Televised Sports Manhood Formulap. 139
This Revolution Is Not Being Televisedp. 155
The Male Consumer as Loser: Beer and Liquor Ads in Mega Sports Media Eventsp. 167
Bibliographyp. 197
Indexp. 221
List of titles in the SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relationsp. 226
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