02653nam 2200625Ia 450 991045955640332120200520144314.01-282-70130-497866127013061-59213-820-9(CKB)2670000000033384(EBL)557343(OCoLC)652654420(SSID)ssj0000428707(PQKBManifestationID)11280450(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000428707(PQKBWorkID)10424984(PQKB)11305980(MiAaPQ)EBC557343(OCoLC)764542586(MdBmJHUP)muse15617(Au-PeEL)EBL557343(CaPaEBR)ebr10404133(CaONFJC)MIL270130(EXLCZ)99267000000003338420000925d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSportsex[electronic resource] /Toby MillerPhiladelphia Temple University Press20011 online resource (191 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-56639-864-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-173) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Sportsextro; 1. Bodnam: Body, Nation, Media; 2. Commodifying the Male Body = Problematizing Hegemonic Masculinity?; 3. Panic Sports and the Racialized Male Body; 4. Courting Lesbianism; Conclusion: Booters with Hooters; Notes; Works Cited; IndexSportsex examines the landscape of sports writ globally. And it is about the way sport allows men and women-but mostly men-to consider their looks, their vitality, and their relationship to their gender in ways that would be considered taboo in any other context.Miller pays particular attention to the way celebrity is considered around the world through a number of different athletic activities. Along the way he also offers his own personal connection to sport as both a researcher and recipient of its abuses and pleasures.In a world where everything is considered in its relationship to globaliSportsAnthropological aspectsGender identitySportsSocial aspectsElectronic books.SportsAnthropological aspects.Gender identity.SportsSocial aspects.306.4/83Miller Toby855568MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459556403321Sportsex2473383UNINA