In the game : gay athletes and the cult of masculinity /
Publisher description: Using interviews with openly gay and closeted team-sport athletes, Eric Anderson examines how homophobia is reproduced in sport, how gay male athletes navigate this, and how American masculinity is changing. By detailing individual experiences, Anderson shows how these athlete...
| Main Author: | Anderson, Eric. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Albany, NY :
State University of New York Press,
℗♭2005.
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| Series: |
SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.
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| Online Access: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=144956 |
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In the game. |
| Summary: |
Publisher description: Using interviews with openly gay and closeted team-sport athletes, Eric Anderson examines how homophobia is reproduced in sport, how gay male athletes navigate this, and how American masculinity is changing. By detailing individual experiences, Anderson shows how these athletes are emerging from their athletic closets and contesting the dominant norms of masculinity. From the locker rooms of high school sports, where the atmosphere of "don't ask, don't tell" often exists, to the unique circumstances that gay athletes encounter in professional team sports, this book analyzes the agency that openly gay athletes possess to change their environments. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages). |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index. |
| ISBN: |
1423744241 9781423744245 0791465349 9780791465349 0791465330 9780791465332 9780791482872 0791482871 |