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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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 PowerChapter 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.

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.

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