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Reading sport : critical essays on power and representation / Susan Birrell and Mary G. McDonald.
| Other author | Birrell, Susan. |
| Other author | McDonald, Mary G. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : Northeastern University Press, ©2000. |
| Description | 326 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Reading sport, articulating power lines: an introduction / Susan Birrell and Mary G. McDonald -- Hegemonic masculinity on the mound: media representations of Nolan Ryan and American sports culture / Nick Trujillo -- "Hertz, don't it?": becoming colorless and staying Black in the crossover of O.J. Simpson / Leola Johnson and David Roediger -- "As bad as he says he is?": interrogating Dennis Rodman's subversive potential / Mélisse LaFrance and Geneviève Rail -- When a looker is really a bitch: Lisa Olson, sport, and the heterosexual matrix / Lisa Disch and Mary Jo Kane -- Reading Nancy Lopez: decoding representations of race, class, and sexuality / Katherine M. Jamieson -- Excavating Michael Jordan's blackness / David L. Andrews -- "A radiant smile from the lovely lady": overdetermined femininity in "ladies" figure skating / Abigail M. Feder-Kane -- Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan, and the bodily figuration of social class / Sam Stoloff -- "Disciplining the body": HIV-positive male athletes, media surveillance, and the policing of sexuality / Shari Lee Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs -- Double fault: Renee Richards and the construction and naturalization of difference / Susan Birrell and Cheryl L. Cole. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 99088217 |
| ISBN | 1555534309 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1555534295 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | GV706.5 .R42 2000 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |