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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anderson, Eric, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Colección:SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.
ISBN:1423744241
9781423744245
0791465349
9780791465349
0791465330
9780791465332
9780791482872
0791482871