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No slam dunk : gender, sport and the unevenness of social change

Title
No slam dunk : gender, sport and the unevenness of social change / Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner.
Author
Cooky, Cheryl
Publication
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]

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Additional Authors
Messner, Michael A.
Description
viii, 303 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"In just a few decades, sport has undergone a radical gender transformation. However, Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner suggest that the progress toward gender equity in sports is far from complete. The continuing barriers to full and equal participation for young people, the far lower pay for most elite-level women athletes, and the continuing dearth of fair and equal media coverage all underline how much still has yet to change before we see gender equality in sports. The chapters in No Slam Dunk show that is this not simply a story of an "unfinished revolution." Rather, they contend, it is simplistic optimism to assume that we are currently nearing the conclusion of a story of linear progress that ends with a certain future of equality and justice. This book provides important theoretical and empirical insights into the contemporary world of sports to help explain the unevenness of social change and how, despite significant progress, gender equality in sports has been "No Slam Dunk." --
Series Statement
Critical issues in sport and society
Uniform Title
Critical issues in sport and society.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Gender ideologies, youth sports, and the production of soft essentialism / Michael A. Messner -- Policing the boundaries of sex : a critical examination of gender verification and the Caster Semenya controversy / Cheryl Cooky & Shari L. Dworkin -- Gender relations and sport : local, national, transnational / Michael A. Messner -- Women, sports, and activism / Cheryl Cooky -- Barbie girls vs. sea monsters : children constructing gender / Michael A. Messner -- "Girls just aren't interested" : the social construction of interest in girls' sport / Cheryl Cooky -- Ready for anything the world gives her? : a critical look at sports-based positive youth development for girls / Lauren Rauscher & Cheryl Cooky -- Separating the men from the moms : the making of adult sex segregation in youth sports / Michael A. Messner & Suzel Bozada-Deas -- Gender and sport participation in Montenegro / Cheryl Cooky, Marco Begovic, Don Sabo, Carole Oglesby & Marj Synder -- "It's dude time!" : a quarter century of excluding women's sports in televised news and highlights shows / Cheryl Cooky, Michael A. Messner & Michela Musto -- Reflections on communication and sport : on men and masculinities / Michael A. Messner -- "It's not about the game" : Don Imus, racism and sexism in contemporary media / Cheryl Cooky, Faye Linda Wachs, Michael A. Messner and Shari Lee Dworkin.
Call Number
JFE 18-5243
ISBN
  • 9780813592053
  • 0813592054
  • 9780813592046
  • 0813592046
LCCN
2017033655
OCLC
982411976
Author
Cooky, Cheryl, author.
Title
No slam dunk : gender, sport and the unevenness of social change / Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner.
Publisher
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Critical issues in sport and society
Critical issues in sport and society.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Messner, Michael A., author.
Research Call Number
JFE 18-5243
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