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Informationen zum Autor Sandra Spickard Prettyman is associate professor of educational foundations and leadership at the University of Akron. Brian Lampman is a high school social studies teacher in Saline, Michigan, where he also coaches men's varsity soccer. Klappentext Like the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical venue by which to examine contemporary issues and controversies surrounding sport. This new edition includes a more global perspective, drawing upon recent issues in the world of sports in order to better understand how sport influences contemporary American society, both positively and negatively. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart I. Youth and SportChapter One: Sport Specialization and its EffectsChapter Two: The Power of a Coach: Sport and Life's Lasting LessonsChapter Three: The "Power of the Permit" and the "Child Impact Statement": Keys to Achieving Equal Opportunity in Youth SportsPart II. Gender, Sexuality, and SportChapter Four: Jocks Rule-Girls Drool: Middle School Definitions Of A JockChapter Five: The Frontrunner Failed To Land a Knockout Punch: Sports Metaphors, Masculinities and Presidential PoliticsChapter Six: The Rutgers Women's Basketball Team Talks Back: Intersectionality, Resistance, and Media PowerChapter Seven: Come Out and Play: Confronting Homophobia in SportsChapter Eight: Title IX Literacy: What Every Citizen Should Know About Title IX, Gender Equity & College SportPart III. Race, Ethnicity, and SportChapter Nine: Sincere Fictions of Whiteness in New Millennium American Sport FilmsChapter Ten: Reporting In Black And White: Coverage Of Coaching Scandals In Minnesota-Two Different Worlds?Chapter Eleven: Duke Lacrosse: An Exploration of Race, Class, Power, and PrivilegeChapter Twelve: Asian Americans in Unexpected Places: Sport, Racism, and the MediaPart IV. Sports, Media, and Big BusinessChapter Thirteen: Sports and Economics: An Examination of College Sport and Big BusinessChapter Fourteen: Do Girls Rule?: Understanding Popular Culture Images of "Girl Power!" and SportPart V. International Perspectives on Sport and ParticipationChapter Fifteen: British National Female Coaches on CoachingChapter Sixteen: Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympics, and Issues of Fair CompetitionChapter Seventeen: Strong Women, Fragile Closets: The Queering of Women's SportChapter Eighteen: Older Athletes: Resisting and Reinforcing Discourses of Sport and AgingConclusion...
