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In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to 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 context for probing the sociological basis of this influence. The book's sections each address a particular issue in sport: youth and sport; gender and sexuality; race and ethnicity; sport, media, and big business; and international perspectives on sport and participation. Leading experts in the field present new and exciting avenues for exploring sport in our world, allowing us to recognize its tremendous influence, both positive and negative, in our lives and in our world. This new edition also includes cutting-edge research examining contemporary issues and controversies surrounding sport today. These issues, analyzed from multiple perspectives, will inspire readers to change the game in positive ways.
In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to 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 context for probing the sociological basis of this influence. The book's sections each address a particular issue in sport: youth and sport; gender and sexuality; race and ethnicity; sport, media, and big business; and international perspectives on sport and participation. Leading experts in the field present new and exciting avenues for exploring sport in our world, allowing us to recognize its tremendous influence, both positive and negative, in our lives and in our world. This new edition also includes cutting-edge research examining contemporary issues and controversies surrounding sport today. These issues, analyzed from multiple perspectives, will inspire readers to change the game in positive ways.
Introduction
Part I. Youth and Sport
Chapter One: Sport Specialization and its Effects
Chapter Two: The Power of a Coach: Sport and Life's Lasting
Lessons
Chapter Three: The "Power of the Permit" and the "Child Impact
Statement": Keys to Achieving Equal Opportunity in Youth Sports
Part II. Gender, Sexuality, and Sport
Chapter Four: Jocks Rule-Girls Drool: Middle School Definitions Of
A Jock
Chapter Five: The Frontrunner Failed To Land a Knockout Punch:
Sports Metaphors, Masculinities and Presidential Politics
Chapter Six: The Rutgers Women's Basketball Team Talks Back:
Intersectionality, Resistance, and Media Power
Chapter Seven: Come Out and Play: Confronting Homophobia in
Sports
Chapter Eight: Title IX Literacy: What Every Citizen Should Know
About Title IX, Gender Equity & College Sport
Part III. Race, Ethnicity, and Sport
Chapter Nine: Sincere Fictions of Whiteness in New Millennium
American Sport Films
Chapter Ten: Reporting In Black And White: Coverage Of Coaching
Scandals In Minnesota-Two Different Worlds?
Chapter Eleven: Duke Lacrosse: An Exploration of Race, Class,
Power, and Privilege
Chapter Twelve: Asian Americans in Unexpected Places: Sport,
Racism, and the Media
Part IV. Sports, Media, and Big Business
Chapter Thirteen: Sports and Economics: An Examination of College
Sport and Big Business
Chapter Fourteen: Do Girls Rule?: Understanding Popular Culture
Images of "Girl Power!" and Sport
Part V. International Perspectives on Sport and Participation
Chapter Fifteen: British National Female Coaches on Coaching
Chapter Sixteen: Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympics, and Issues of
Fair Competition
Chapter Seventeen: Strong Women, Fragile Closets: The Queering of
Women's Sport
Chapter Eighteen: Older Athletes: Resisting and Reinforcing
Discourses of Sport and Aging
Conclusion
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 in Saline, Michigan, where he also coaches men’s varsity soccer.
The essays are solid, and they challenge the reader to think about
and reflect on social constructs and their relationships with sport
and society.
*CHOICE*
This book offers new and heartfelt insights into the role of sports
in our lives. In these pages, you'll meet coaches, players, parents
and academics who will help you rethink your relationship with the
games you love, and recommit to giving your children the best
sports experiences possible.
*Jeffrey Zaslow, coauthor of The Last Lecture*
Through these essays, written by a distinguished group of
contributors, students can discover how the sports they take for
granted can be a window into understanding the world in which they
live.
*Michael Oriard, Oregon State University*
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