This new printing of Sport in Contemporary Society includes a new supplement on the facts, opinions, and scandals surrounding steroids in professional and amateur sports. Included is an informative government report that accessibly lays out the facts for students on increased use of steroids and the medical and performance effects on athletes. Additional articles critique, from different positions, steroid use and the policies various sports organizations have undertaken.

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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