Youth Culture and Sport: Identity, Power, and Politics

ISBN-13: 9780415955812 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 228 str.

Donne Giardina; Michael D. Giardina; Michele K. Donnelly

Opis

Youth Culture and Sport critically interrogates and challenges contemporary articulations of race, class, gender, and sexual relations circulating throughout popular iterations of youth sporting culture in late-capitalism. Written against the backdrop of important changes in social, cultural, political, and economic dynamics taking place in corporate cultures war on kids, this exciting new volume marks the first anthology to critically examine the intersection of youth culture and sport in an age of global uncertainty. Bringing together leading scholars from cultural studies, gender studies, sociology, sport studies, and related fields, chapters range in scope from 'action' sport subcultures and community redevelopment programs to the cultural politics of white masculinity and Nike advertising. It is a must read for anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of the role sport plays in the construction of experiences, identities, practices, and social differences of contemporary youth culture.

Spis treści

Introduction: Youth Culture & Sport in New Millennial Times  1. American Jordan: P.L. A.Y., Consensus, and Punishment  2. Midnight Basketball & the Cultural Politics of Recreation, Race, & At-Risk Urban Youth  3. The Popular Racial Order of ‘Urban’ America: Sport, Identity, & the Politics of Culture  4. White Masculinities and Youth Sport in America  5. It can Get Ugly on the Diamond: Examining White Privilege in Little League Baseball  6. Virtual Playing Fields: Children’s Video Games and the Infantilization of Contemporary Athletes  7. Care of the Young Sporting Self: Race, Gender, & Citizenship in Athletic Training Manuals  8. Babes & Boards: Action Sports Advertising and the Performance of Youthful Identity  9. All-Girls Snowboard Camps: Empowerment through Segregation?  10. Contesting Femininity through Women’s Rugby  11. From Babies to Ballers: Feminism, Race, and Girl’s Youth Basketball  12. TomBoys, TomGrils, and Gender Performativity in Youth Sport.  Coda: Where Do We Go From Here?

O autorze

Author Biography

Michael D. Giardina, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Advertising & Cultural Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Michele K. Donnelly is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at McMaster University. Her research is focused on feminist and critical sociology of gender, power, and sport.