Title:
No slam dunk : gender, sport and the unevenness of social change / Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner.
Author:
Cooky, Cheryl, author.
Messner, Michael A., author.
Publication Information:
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Call Number:
GV706.32 .C665 2018
Abstract:
"In just a few decades, sport has undergone a radical gender transformation. However, Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner suggest that the progress toward gender equity in sports is far from complete. The continuing barriers to full and equal participation for young people, the far lower pay for most elite-level women athletes, and the continuing dearth of fair and equal media coverage all underline how much still has yet to change before we see gender equality in sports. The chapters in No Slam Dunk show that is this not simply a story of an "unfinished revolution." Rather, they contend, it is simplistic optimism to assume that we are currently nearing the conclusion of a story of linear progress that ends with a certain future of equality and justice. This book provides important theoretical and empirical insights into the contemporary world of sports to help explain the unevenness of social change and how, despite significant progress, gender equality in sports has been "No Slam Dunk." -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780813592046
Series:
Critical issues in sport and society
Critical issues in sport and society.
Physical Description:
viii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Gender ideologies, youth sports, and the production of soft essentialism / Policing the boundaries of sex : a critical examination of gender verification and the Caster Semenya controversy / Gender relations and sport : local, national, transnational / Women, sports, and activism / Barbie girls versus sea monsters : children constructing gender / "Girls just aren't interested" : the social construction of interest in girls' sport / Ready for anything the world gives her? : a critical look at sports-based positive youth development for girls / Separating the men from the moms : the making of adult gender segregation in youth sports / Gender and sport participation in Montenegro / "It's dude time!" : a quarter century of excluding women's sports in televised news and highlights shows / Reflections on communication and sport : on men and masculinities / "It's not about the game" : Don Imus, race, class, gender, and sexuality in contemporary media / "What makes a woman a woman?" versus "Our first lady of sports?" : a comparative analysis of the United States and the South African media coverage of Caster Semenya
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