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; RailEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-09-16
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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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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