TY - BOOK AU - Nylund,David TI - Beer, babes, and balls: masculinity and sports talk radio T2 - SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations SN - 079147237X AV - GV742.3 .N95 2007 U1 - 070.4497960973 22 PY - 2007///] CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Radio broadcasting of sports KW - United States KW - Radio talk shows KW - Radio and baseball KW - Men KW - Attitudes KW - Masculinity N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index; 1; Opening Pitch: Thinking about Sports Talk Radio --; Sports Talk Radio --; Theorizing Masculinities --; Development of Manhood in Twentieth-Century United States --; Masculinity and the Sports Media --; Media and Cultural Studies --; Critical Radio Studies --; Outline of the Book --; Part I; The Climate for Sports Talk Radio --; 2; The Sports Talk Radio Industry: From Rush to Rome --; Radio Deregulation and Talk Radio --; Sports Talk Radio: An Extension of Political Talk Radio? --; 3; Inside the Sports Radio Industry: Ads and Lads --; Influence of Advertising, Ratings, and Corporate Radio --; Sports Radio and Public Discourse --; Romantic Belief in Sports --; Hanging Out at the Station --; Part II; Reading Sports Talk Radio --; 4; The Jim Rome Show: "Myspace.com" For Men --; Jim Rome: Hip Sports Talk Radio Host --; Speech Codes and Themes: Learning How to Survive in the Jungle --; The "Jungle": A Site for the Performance of Masculinity --; Male Rite of Passage on The Jim Rome Show --; In-Group Humor on The Jim Rome Show --; The Contradictions of Masculinity --; 5; Race, Gender, and Sexuality in the Jungle --; Gender: Competing Masculinities --; Gender: Women in the Jungle --; Queer Eye for the Sports Guy --; The Race Card --; Rome Has No Class --; Jungle Nationalism --; Hegemony or Hope? Sports Talk Radio's Potential --; Part III; The Audience of Sports Talk Radio --; 6; In the Jungle with the "Clones" --; Interviewing the "Clones" --; The Entertainment Value --; Homosociality --; The Audience Does Social Issues --; 7; Where Everybody Knows Your Name --; Cheers to MondayNight Football --; Lou From Lodi --; A Community of Callers --; Among the (Clones) Hooligans --; 8; A Sports Radio Intruder --; My Take on the Audience of Sports Talk Radio --; 9; My Final Take --; Sports Talk and Civic Discourse --; Sports and Sexuality --; Masculinity and Sports ER -