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2008 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleFrom beer ads in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue to four-year-old boys and girls playing soccer; from male athletes'sexual violence against women to homophobia and racism in sport, Out of Play analyzes connections between gender and sport from the 1980s to the present. The book illuminates a wide range of contemporary issues in popular culture, children's sports, and women's and men's college and professional sports. Each chapter is preceded by a short introduction that lays out the context in which the piece was written. Drawing on his own memories as a former athlete, informal observations of his children's sports activities, and more formal research such as life-history interviews with athletes and content analyses of sports media, Michael A. Messner presents a multifaceted picture of gender constructed through an array of personalities, institutions, cultural symbols, and everyday interactions.

Author

Michael A. Messner

Publisher

Albany: State University of New York Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780791471715

Subjects

Science, Sociology, Anthropology