| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 190 pages) |
| Series |
SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations |
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SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.
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| Contents |
Opening pitch: thinking about sports talk radio -- I: The climate for sports talk radio -- The sports talk radio industry: from Rush to Rome -- Inside the sports radio industry: ads and lads -- II: Reading sports talk radio -- The Jim Rome show: "myspace.com" for men -- Race, gender, and sexuality in the jungle -- III: The audience of sports talk radio -- In the jungle with the "clones" -- Where everybody knows your name -- A sports radio intruder -- My final take |
| Summary |
"Beer, Babes, and Balls explores the increasingly popular genre of sports talk radio and how it relates to contemporary ideas of masculinity. Popular culture plays a significant role in fashioning identities, and sports talk radio both reflects and inspires cultural shifts in masculinity. Through analysis of the content of sports talk radio as well as interviews with radio production staff and audience members, scholar and avid sports talk radio listener David Nylund sheds light on certain aspects of contemporary masculinity and recent shifts in gender and sexual politics. He finds that although sports talk radio reproduces many aspects of traditional masculinity, sexism, racism, and heterosexism, there are exceptions in these discourses. For instance, the most popular national host, Jim Rome, is against homophobia and racism in sport, which indicates that the medium may be a place for male sports fans to discuss gender, race, and sexuality in consequential ways. Nylund concludes that sports talk radio creates a male bonding community that has genuine moments of intimacy and connection, signifying the potential for new forms of masculinity to emerge, while simultaneously reproducing traditional forms of masculinity."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Radio broadcasting of sports -- United States
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Radio talk shows -- United States
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Radio and baseball.
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Men -- United States -- Attitudes
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Masculinity -- United States
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism.
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Masculinity
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Men -- Attitudes
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Radio and baseball
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Radio broadcasting of sports
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Radio talk shows
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781435617483 |
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1435617487 |
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9780791472378 |
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9780791479421 |
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0791479420 |
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079147237X |
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9780791472385 |
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0791472388 |
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