Out of bounds : sports, media, and the politics of identity
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Out of bounds : sports, media, and the politics of identity
Indiana University Press, c1997
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780253210951
Description
Out of Bounds is a collection of essays that regards the media representation of professional sports through the lens of cultural studies. Editors Aaron Baker and Todd Boyd contend that the popularity of sports derives not simply from their appeal as leisure entertainment but from their contribution to discussion of larger issues of class, race, gender, and masculinity. Essays in the collection challenge media wisdom about the apolitical nature of sports by examining how they contribute to the contested process of defining social identities. Included within a broad range of works are "'Never Trust a Snake': WWF Wrestling as Masculine Melodrama," (Henry Jenkins), "Mike Tyson and the Perils of Discursive Constraints: Boxing, Race and The Assumption of Guilt" (John Sloop), and "Visible Difference and Flex Appeal: The Body, Sex, Sexuality, and Race in the Pumping Iron Films" (Christine Holmlund).
Table of Contents
Preface: O. J. and the Imperative of Sports in Cultural Studies Todd Boyd
Introduction: Sports and the Popular Aaron Baker
Part I: Sports and the Revision of Masculinity
1. Television Sports as Mas(s)culine Cult of Distraction Ava Rose and James Friedman
2. Female Spectators and the Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight Film Dan Streible
3. "Never Trust A Snake": WWF Wrestling as Masculine Melodrama Henry Jenkins
Part II: Sports, Race and Representation
4. "America's" Apple Pie: Baseball, Japan-Bashing, and the Sexual Threat of Economic
Miscegenation Kent Ono
5. Mike Tyson and the Perils of Discursive Constraints: Boxing, Race, and The Assumption
of Guilt John Sloop
6. The Day the Niggaz Took Over: Basketball, Commodity Culture, and Black Masculinity
Todd Boyd
Part III: Hollywood Sports Films and Contested Identities
7. Visible Difference and Flex Appeal: The Body, Sex, Sexuality, and Race in the PUMPING IRON Films Christine Anne Holmlund
8. A Left/Right Combination: Populism and Depression Era Boxing Films Aaron Baker
9. Baseball in the Post-American Cinema, or Life in the Minor Leagues Vivian Sobchack
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ISBN 9780253332288
Description
"Out of Bounds" is a collection of essays that regards the media representation of professional sports through the lens of cultural studies. Editors, Aaron Baker and Todd Boyd, contend that the popularity of sports derives not simply from their appeal as leisure entertainment, but from their contribution to discussion of larger issues of class, race, gender, and masculinity. The essays in the collection challenge media wisdom about the apolitical nature of sports, by examining how they contribute to the contested process of defining social identities. Included within a broad range of works are: "'Never Trust a Snake': WWF Wrestling as Masculine Melodrama", (Henry Jenkins); "Mike Tyson and the Perils of Discursive Constraints: Boxing, Race and The Assumption of Guilt", (John Sloop); and "Visible Difference and Flex Appeal: The Body, Sex, Sexuality, and Race in the Pumping Iron Films", (Christine Holmlund).
Table of Contents
Preface: O. J. and the Imperative of Sports in Cultural Studies Todd Boyd Introduction: Sports and the Popular Aaron Baker Part I: Sports and the Revision of Masculinity 1. Television Sports as Mas(s)culine Cult of Distraction Ava Rose and James Friedman 2. Female Spectators and the Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight Film Dan Streible 3. ONever Trust A SnakeO: WWF Wrestling as Masculine Melodrama Henry Jenkins Part II: Sports, Race and Representation 4. OAmericaOsO Apple Pie: Baseball, Japan-Bashing, and the Sexual Threat of Economic Miscegenation Kent Ono 5. Mike Tyson and the Perils of Discursive Constraints: Boxing, Race, and The Assumption of Guilt John Sloop 6. The Day the Niggaz Took Over: Basketball, Commodity Culture, and Black Masculinity Todd Boyd Part III: Hollywood Sports Films and Contested Identities 7. Visible Difference and Flex Appeal: The Body, Sex, Sexuality, and Race in the PUMPING IRON Films Christine Anne Holmlund 8. A Left/Right Combination: Populism and Depression Era Boxing Films Aaron Baker 9. Baseball in the Post-American Cinema, or Life in the Minor Leagues Vivian Sobchack
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