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Learning culture through sports : exploring the role of sports in society / edited by Sandra Spickard Prettyman, Brian Lampman.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006Description: xiv, 270 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1578863791
  • 9781578863792
  • 1578863805
  • 9781578863808
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.483 22
LOC classification:
  • GV706.5 .L43 2006
Contents:
Introduction : why study sport? / Sandra Spickard Prettyman -- 1. Organized sports for young people : a 20th-century invention / Jay Coakley -- 2. An open letter to communities : what community leaders can do to improve youth sports / Bob Bigelow, Bruce Svare, Richard Irving, Steve Fisher and Doug Abrams -- 3. Time out! : for better sports for kids / Fred Engh -- 4. Motivation and outcomes of youth participation in sport / Peggy McCann and Martha Ewing -- 5. Title IX : past, present, and future / Margaret Duncan -- 6. Liberties and lipstick : the paradox of cheerleading as sport / Natalie G. Adams and Pamela J. Bettis -- 7. If you beat him, you own him, he's your bitch : coaches, language, and power / Sandra Spickard Prettyman -- 8. Pitching for equality : gay athletes and homophobia / Eric Anderson -- 9. The new racial stereotypes / Richard Lapchick -- 10. Exploring race with secondary students : developing critical media literacy / Brian Lampman -- 11. Unexpected, undeserved, unrewarded ... and undeniable : sport and transformation / Bill Curry -- 12. Making sense of the American Indian mascot issue / Ellen J. Staurowsky -- 13. Songs sung red, white, and blue : music, sports, and the rhetoric of patriotism / Stephen D. Mosher -- 14. Reconsidering girl power : examining media images of female athletes / Maureen Smith -- 15. Why be a "Jackass"? : media images of young white men in and out of sport in new millennium America / Kyle W. Kusz -- 16. Education, sport, and hip-hop through the "mic" of Stuart Scott / C. Keith Harrison and Quaylan Allen -- 17. In the name of obedience : overcoming the damaging myths about hazing / Joe Gervais -- 18. Athletes, role models, and criminals : what do we make of this tripartite mess? / Earl Smith and Angela Hattery -- 19. The Scholar-Baller approach : a culture map for academic success in America / C. Keith Harrison, Eddie Comeaux, Jean A. Boyd, Cliff J. Parks, Jr. and David Heikkinen -- 20. Rethinking the role of sports in our schools / John R. Gerdy -- 21. The meaning of success in academics and athletics / Rob Renes -- Conclusion : sport, society, and social justice / Brian Lampman.
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Introduction : why study sport? / Sandra Spickard Prettyman -- 1. Organized sports for young people : a 20th-century invention / Jay Coakley -- 2. An open letter to communities : what community leaders can do to improve youth sports / Bob Bigelow, Bruce Svare, Richard Irving, Steve Fisher and Doug Abrams -- 3. Time out! : for better sports for kids / Fred Engh -- 4. Motivation and outcomes of youth participation in sport / Peggy McCann and Martha Ewing -- 5. Title IX : past, present, and future / Margaret Duncan -- 6. Liberties and lipstick : the paradox of cheerleading as sport / Natalie G. Adams and Pamela J. Bettis -- 7. If you beat him, you own him, he's your bitch : coaches, language, and power / Sandra Spickard Prettyman -- 8. Pitching for equality : gay athletes and homophobia / Eric Anderson -- 9. The new racial stereotypes / Richard Lapchick -- 10. Exploring race with secondary students : developing critical media literacy / Brian Lampman -- 11. Unexpected, undeserved, unrewarded ... and undeniable : sport and transformation / Bill Curry -- 12. Making sense of the American Indian mascot issue / Ellen J. Staurowsky -- 13. Songs sung red, white, and blue : music, sports, and the rhetoric of patriotism / Stephen D. Mosher -- 14. Reconsidering girl power : examining media images of female athletes / Maureen Smith -- 15. Why be a "Jackass"? : media images of young white men in and out of sport in new millennium America / Kyle W. Kusz -- 16. Education, sport, and hip-hop through the "mic" of Stuart Scott / C. Keith Harrison and Quaylan Allen -- 17. In the name of obedience : overcoming the damaging myths about hazing / Joe Gervais -- 18. Athletes, role models, and criminals : what do we make of this tripartite mess? / Earl Smith and Angela Hattery -- 19. The Scholar-Baller approach : a culture map for academic success in America / C. Keith Harrison, Eddie Comeaux, Jean A. Boyd, Cliff J. Parks, Jr. and David Heikkinen -- 20. Rethinking the role of sports in our schools / John R. Gerdy -- 21. The meaning of success in academics and athletics / Rob Renes -- Conclusion : sport, society, and social justice / Brian Lampman.

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