Learning culture through sports : perspectives on society and organized sports / / edited by Sandra Spickard Prettyman and Brian Lampman

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, 2010
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (510 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.4/83
• Soggetto topico: Sports - Social aspects - United States; Recreation - Social aspects - United States
• Altri autori: PrettymanSandra Spickard <1957-> LampmanBrian <1973->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Studying Sport-What Can We Learn and Why Do We Care? -- Chapter 01. Sport Specialization and Its Effects -- Chapter 02. The Power of a Coach: Sport and Life's Lasting Lessons -- Chapter 03. Achieving Equal Opportunity in Youth Sports: Roles for the "Power of the Permit" and the"Child Impact Statement" -- Chapter 04. Jocks Rule-Girls Drool: Middle School Definitions of a Jock -- Chapter 05. The Frontrunner Failed to Land a Knockout Punch: Sports Metaphors, Masculinities, and Presidential Politics -- Chapter 06. The Rutgers Women's Basketball Team Talks Back: Intersectionality, Resistance, and Media Power -- Chapter 07. Come Out and Play: Confronting Homophobia in Sports -- Chapter 08. Title IX Literacy: What Every Citizen Should Know about Title IX, Gender Equity, and College Sport -- Chapter 09. Sincere Fictions of Whiteness in New Millennium American Sport Films -- Chapter 10. Reporting in Black and White: Coverage of Coaching Scandals in Minnesota-Two Different Worlds? -- Chapter 11. Duke Lacrosse: An Exploration of Race, Class, Power, and Privilege -- Chapter 12. Asian Americans in Unexpected Places: Sport, Racism, and the Media -- Chapter 13. Katrina's Tragic Wake and a Saintly Rescue: A Work in Progress -- Chapter 14, Sports and Economics: An Examination of College Sports and Big Business -- Chapter 15. Do Girls Rule?: Understanding Popular Culture Images of "Girl Power!" and Sport -- Chapter 16. British National Female Coaches on Coaching -- Chapter 17. Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympics, and Issues of Fair Competition -- Chapter 18. Strong Women, Fragile Closets: The Queering of Women's Sport -- Chapter 19. Older Athletes: Resisting and Reinforcing Discourses of Sport and Aging -- Conclusion. Thinking through the Contradictions in Sport -- Index -- About the Editors. ; About the Contributors.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Learning culture through sports
• ISBN: 1-4422-0632-2; 9786612820618; 1-282-82061-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821878903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II