Learning Culture through Sports (eBook)

Perspectives on Society and Organized Sports

Brian Lampman, Sandra Spickard Prettyman (Herausgeber)

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2010 | 2., Second Edition
310 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-0632-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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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.

Autor

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 menOs varsity soccer.

Inhalt

IntroductionPart I. Youth and SportChapter One: Sport Specialization and its EffectsChapter Two: The Power of a Coach: Sport and Life's Lasting LessonsChapter Three: The "Power of the Permit" and the "Child Impact Statement": Keys to Achieving Equal Opportunity in Youth SportsPart II. Gender, Sexuality, and SportChapter Four: Jocks Rule-Girls Drool: Middle School Definitions Of A JockChapter Five: The Frontrunner Failed To Land a Knockout Punch: Sports Metaphors, Masculinities and Presidential PoliticsChapter Six: The Rutgers Women's Basketball Team Talks Back: Intersectionality, Resistance, and Media PowerChapter Seven: Come Out and Play: Confronting Homophobia in SportsChapter Eight: Title IX Literacy: What Every Citizen Should Know About Title IX, Gender Equity & College SportPart III. Race, Ethnicity, and SportChapter Nine: Sincere Fictions of Whiteness in New Millennium American Sport FilmsChapter 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 PrivilegeChapter Twelve: Asian Americans in Unexpected Places: Sport, Racism, and the MediaPart IV. Sports, Media, and Big BusinessChapter Thirteen: Sports and Economics: An Examination of College Sport and Big BusinessChapter Fourteen: Do Girls Rule?: Understanding Popular Culture Images of "Girl Power!" and SportPart V. International Perspectives on Sport and ParticipationChapter Fifteen: British National Female Coaches on CoachingChapter Sixteen: Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympics, and Issues of Fair CompetitionChapter Seventeen: Strong Women, Fragile Closets: The Queering of Women's SportChapter Eighteen: Older Athletes: Resisting and Reinforcing Discourses of Sport and AgingConclusion

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.9.2010
• Co-Autor: Doug Abrams, Kyle Kusz, Richard Lapchick, Mary McDonald, Leanne Norman, Genevieve Rail, Barbara Ravel, Earl Smith, Ellen Staurowsky, Cheria Thomas, Sanford S. Williams, Jay Coakley, Cheryl Cooky, Rylee Dionigi, Keith Harrison, Angela J. Hattery, Carwyn Jones, Jackson Katz, C. Richard King
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-0632-2 / 1442206322
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-0632-8 / 9781442206328