| Description |
270 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Section I: Youth Participation and Sport -- 1. Organized Sports for Young People: A Twentieth Century Invention -- 2. An Open Letter to Communities: What Community Leaders Can Do to Improve Youth Sports -- 3. Time Out! For Better Sports for Kids -- 4. Motivation and Outcomes of Youth Participation in Sport -- 5. Title IX: Past, Present, and Future -- 6. Liberties and Lipstick: The Paradox of Cheerleading as Sport -- 7. If You Beat Him, You Own Him, He's Your Bitch: Coaches, Language, and Power -- Section III: Race and Ethnicity in Sport 8. The New Racial Stereotypes -- 9. Exploring Race with Secondary Students: Developing Critical Media Literacy -- 10. Unexpected, Undeserved, Unrewarded...And Undeniable: Sport and Transformation -- 11. Making Sense of the American Indian Mascot Issue --Section IV: Sport and the Media 12. Songs Sung Red, White, and Blue: Music, Sports, and the Rhetoric of Patriotism -- |
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13. Reconsidering Girl Power: Examining Media Images of Female Athletes -- 14. Why Be A 'Jackass'?: Media Images of Young White Men In and Out of Sport in New Millennium America -- 15. Education, Sport, and Hip Hop through the "Mic" of Stuart Scott -- Section V: Sport and Violence 16. In the Name of Obedience: Overcoming the Damaging Myths about Hazing -- 17. Athletes, Role Models, and Criminals: What Do We Make of This Tripartite Mess? -- 18. Pitching for Equality: Gay Athletes and Homphobia -- Section VI: Sports and Schools 19. The Scholar-Baller Approach: A Cultural Map for Academic Success in America -- 20. Rethinking the Role of Sports in Our Schools -- 21. The Meaning of Success in Academics and Athletics |
| Summary |
"This book 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. In this text, authors take up the challenges faced by sport in our world, especially as it relates to the lives of young people, providing multiple perspectives on the issues, problems, and possibilities of sport in contemporary American society." --Fishpond |
| Analysis |
Children |
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Ethics |
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Gender |
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Media |
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Society |
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Sociology |
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Sport |
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Violence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Sports -- Sociological aspects.
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Sports -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| Author |
Prettyman, Sandra Spickard, 1957-
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Lampman, Brian, 1973-
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| LC no. |
2005028200 |
| ISBN |
1578863791 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1578863805 paperback alkaline paper |
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