Youth Culture and Sport: Identity, Power, and Politics

by Giardina; Michael

• ISBN13: 9780415955805
• ISBN10: 0415955807
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Youth Culture and Sport critically interrogates and challenges contemporary articulations of race, class, gender, and sexual relations circulating throughout popular iterations of youth sporting culture in late-capitalism. Written against the backdrop of important changes in social, cultural, political, and economic dynamics taking place in corporate culture's war on kids, this exciting new volume marks the first anthology to critically examine the intersection of youth culture and sport in an age of global uncertainty. Bringing together leading scholars from cultural studies, gender studies, sociology, sport studies, and related fields, chapters range in scope from 'action' sport subcultures and community redevelopment programs to the cultural politics of white masculinity and Nike advertising. It is a must read for anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of the role sport plays in the construction of experiences, identities, practices, and social differences ofcontemporary youth culture.

Table of Contents

Series Editor Introduction	p. ix
Foreword: A Critical Youth Studies for the Historical Present	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Politics of Culture/Culture of Politics
The Little League World Series: Spectacle of Youthful Innocence or Spectre of the American New Right?	p. 13
Screening Race in America: Sport, Cinema, and the Politics of Urban Youth Culture	p. 35
Bounding American Empire: Sport, Sex, and Politics	p. 55
Branding the "Alternative"
Exploiting a New Generation: Corporate Branding and the Co-Optation of Action Sport	p. 71
To the White Extreme in the Mainstream: Manhood and White Youth Culture in a Virtual Sports World	p. 91
"You Can Break So Many More Rules": The Identity Work and Play of Becoming Skater Girls	p. 113
"Take the Slam and Get Back Up": Hardcore Candy and the Politics of Representation in Girls' and Women's Skateboarding and Snowboarding on Television	p. 127
Racialized Pedagogies
Hostile Environments: Anti-Indian Imagery, Racial Pedagogies, and Youth Sport Cultures	p. 147
Culture, Colonialism, and Competition: Youth Sport Culture in Canada's North	p. 161
From Babies to Ballers: Girls' Youth Basketball and the Re-Becoming of U.S. Motherhood	p. 175
Coda: Youth Sport in the Shadows of American Vertigo	p. 193
Contributors	p. 203
Index	p. 209
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