Out of Play: Critical Essays on Gender and Sport

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A revealing look at gender issues in contemporary sport.

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Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Gender and Sports	p. 1
Sport as a Gender Construction Site
Barbie Girls versus Sea Monsters: Children Constructing Gender	p. 11
Sports and Male Domination: The Female Athlete as Contested Ideological Terrain	p. 31
Masculinities: Class, Race, Sexualities
Masculinities and Athletic Careers	p. 47
White Men Misbehaving: Feminism, Afrocentrism, and the Promise of a Critical Standpoint	p. 61
Studying Up on Sex	p. 71
Bodies and Violence
When Bodies Are Weapons: Masculinity and Violence in Sport	p. 91
Scoring without Consent: Confronting Male Athletes' Sexual Violence against Women	p. 107
Gendered Imagery
Outside the Frame: Newspaper Coverage of the Sugar Ray Leonard Wife Abuse Story	p. 123
The Televised Sports Manhood Formula	p. 139
This Revolution Is Not Being Televised	p. 155
The Male Consumer as Loser: Beer and Liquor Ads in Mega Sports Media Events	p. 167
Bibliography	p. 197
Index	p. 221
List of titles in the SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations	p. 226
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