Inside Sports

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
PREFACE......Page 13
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 14
INTRODUCTION......Page 15
Part 1 EARLY EXPERIENCES......Page 18
1 YOUNG CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF PHYSICALITY AND GENDER......Page 22
The project......Page 23
Physicality......Page 25
Contests of physical strength and performances of athletic skill......Page 26
Unprovoked physical aggression......Page 27
Challenging traditional ideas about gender and physicality......Page 29
References......Page 30
2 THROUGH THE EYES OF YOUTH......Page 32
Hegemonic masculinity and victimology......Page 34
The challenge of transforming culture......Page 40
References......Page 41
3 PLAYING SPORTS AND SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE......Page 42
Garden City, Kansas......Page 43
Changing Relations Project......Page 44
Sports and student relations......Page 45
Immigrants, refugees and sports......Page 46
Sports and democracy......Page 48
Reference......Page 49
4 LATE TO THE LINE......Page 50
5 LITTLE LEAGUE MOTHERS AND THE REPRODUCTION OF GENDER......Page 58
“Doing gender”: the focus of our study......Page 59
The team mothers: women’s culture in Texasville......Page 60
The reproduction of gender: an insider’s account......Page 61
Parental and community support: money and time......Page 63
Conclusion: “doing gender” isn’t easy......Page 64
Note......Page 65
Projects and discussion topics......Page 66
Shorter films and educational programs......Page 67
Additional books and articles......Page 68
Part 2  EXPERIENCE AND IDENTITY......Page 72
6  ROCK CLIMBERS AND RUGBY PLAYERS......Page 76
Accuracy of presocialization......Page 78
Impression management......Page 80
Anticipatory socialization......Page 81
Resolving contradictions......Page 82
Identity confirmation......Page 83
Note......Page 84
References......Page 85
7 MAKING DECISIONS......Page 86
Our study......Page 87
Sport participation decisions tied to concerns about “growing up” and being competent......Page 88
Sport participation decisions tied to identity issues......Page 89
Lack of money as a constraint......Page 90
Expectations of boy/girlfriends as constraints......Page 91
Sport participation decisions tied to memories of PE and school sports......Page 92
Conclusions......Page 93
References......Page 94
8 BECOMING AN INTERNATIONAL ATHLETE......Page 96
Introductions and involvements......Page 98
Entanglements......Page 101
Conclusions......Page 102
References......Page 104
9 COMING OF AGE IN NORTH AMERICA......Page 106
The study......Page 107
Socializing the rookies......Page 108
The headcase......Page 111
Conclusion......Page 112
10 BECOMING 100 PERCENT STRAIGHT......Page 114
Questions for future research......Page 119
References......Page 120
11 THE GAME BEGINS AT HOME......Page 122
Mothers: it’s what I do......Page 124
Wives: he plays more now......Page 126
Players: it falls on women’s shoulders......Page 128
References......Page 130
Projects and discussion topics......Page 132
Feature-length films......Page 133
Additional books and articles......Page 134
Part 3 DEEP IN THE EXPERIENCE......Page 138
12 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL......Page 144
The study: North Town......Page 145
References......Page 149
13 SKATEBOARDING......Page 150
The skateboarding scene......Page 151
Participant control......Page 152
Competition devalued......Page 153
Summary......Page 155
14 BEING PHYSICAL......Page 158
Physicality in players’ athletic lives......Page 159
Construction of women’s hockey: the place of body checking......Page 160
Body checking and the risk of injury......Page 162
Body checking and other expressions of physicality......Page 163
Physicality and the construction of difference......Page 165
References......Page 166
15 JAY WHITE HAWK......Page 168
References......Page 173
16 COLLEGE ATHLETES IN HIGH-PROFILE MEDIA SPORTS......Page 174
The reflected self......Page 175
The media self......Page 176
Inhibiting factors......Page 177
Enhancing factors......Page 178
Self-immediacy......Page 179
Self-detachment......Page 180
References......Page 181
17 FANS, STATUS, AND THE GIFT OF GOLF......Page 182
Introduction......Page 183
Reciprocity......Page 184
Fan appreciation......Page 185
The gift of status......Page 186
Conflict in perception of excellence......Page 187
False intimacy......Page 188
Conclusion......Page 189
References......Page 190
18 WIVES INCORPORATED......Page 192
Trades......Page 194
Management influences......Page 195
Player travel......Page 197
Maintaining an identity......Page 198
Relationships......Page 199
References......Page 200
Projects and discussion topics......Page 202
Feature-length films......Page 203
Additional books and articles......Page 204
Part 4  TRANSITION EXPERIENCES......Page 208
19 THREATS TO SPORT CAREERS......Page 214
Hidden pain......Page 216
Disrespected pain......Page 217
Unwelcomed pain......Page 218
Depersonalized pain......Page 219
Transition experiences and adjustment to injury......Page 220
Conclusions......Page 222
References......Page 223
20 WHEN THE BALANCE IS GONE......Page 224
Backgrounds and general experiences......Page 226
Retirement and being in Nowhere Land......Page 227
Insights gained from deconstructing past experiences......Page 228
Dealing with repercussions of the sport experience......Page 229
Conclusion......Page 231
References......Page 232
21 MOVING ON......Page 234
The beginning of the story......Page 236
The ending of the story......Page 238
Summary......Page 241
22 RETIRING FROM THE SIDELINE......Page 242
Football’s wife......Page 243
Back to school......Page 244
New beginnings......Page 245
Projects and discussion topics......Page 248
Shorter film......Page 249
Additional books and articles......Page 250
INDEX......Page 252