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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786816103321

Autore

Hundley Heather

Titolo

Examining Identity in Sports Media [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 2009

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BillingsAndrew C

Disciplina

302.23

306.4/83

306.483

Soggetti

Communication in sports

Gender identity

Gender identity in mass media

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Gender Studies & Sexuality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; 1 - Examining Identity in Sports Media; 2 - The Rene Portland Case; 3 - Exploring the Influence of Mediated Beauty; 4 - Making Masculinity and Framing Femininity; 5 - Gendered Sports Dirt; 6 - Hegemonic Masculinity and the Rogue Warrior; 7 - Do You Believe in Nationalism?; 8 - The Whiteness of Sport Media/Scholarship; 9 - A Content Analysis ofRacial Representations of NBA Athletes on Sports Illustrated MagazineCovers, 1970-2003; 10 - Sporting Images of Disability; 11 - The Effects of Outcome of Mediated and Live Sporting Events on Sports Fans' Self- and Social Identities

12 - The Institutional(ized) Nature of Identity in and Around Sport(s)Index; About the Editors; ABC-Hundley-45857

Sommario/riassunto

Cutting edge and interdisciplinary investigation of how various identity groups are framed, treated, affected, and shaped by a ubiquitous sports media.