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In the game: gay athletes and the cult of masculinity

Eric Anderson c2005 © State University of New York Press
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ISBN(s)
  • 9780791465332 (hardcover)
  • 9780791482872 (ebook)
  • 9780791465349 (paper)
Subject
  • Gender Studies
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  • Table of Contents

  • Reviews

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  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments (page xi)
  • Introduction (page 1)
    • Overview (page 6)
    • Outline (page 9)
  • 1. Warming Up (page 13)
    • The Link Between Sport and Homophobia (page 13)
    • Methods (page 17)
  • 2. Sport, Masculinity, and Hegemonic Oppression (page 19)
    • One Athlete's Story: Dale, High School Football Player (page 19)
    • Masculinity as Hegemonic Oppression (page 21)
    • Masculine Capital, Orthodox Masculinity, and Hegemonic Masculinity (page 24)
    • Maintaining Masculinity: Homophobia at Work (page 25)
    • Hegemonic Masculinity in School Culture (page 30)
    • Problematizing Sport Culture (page 32)
    • Sporting Hegemony and Gay Athletes (page 37)
  • 3. The Relationship between Gay Athletes and Sport (page 39)
    • One Athlete's Story: Aaron, Closeted NHL Player (page 39)
    • The Relationship between Gay Athletes and Sport (page 42)
    • Gay Athletes: Challenging Masculine Domination (page 45)
    • Representation of Gay Athletes in Sport (page 50)
  • 4. Systems of Masculine Reproduction (page 61)
    • One Athlete's Story: Terry, Retired Closeted NFL Player (page 61)
    • The Structure of Sport (page 65)
    • Sport as a Near-Total Institution (page 66)
    • Sport as a Gender-Segregated Institution (page 71)
    • Sport as a Closed-Loop Institution (page 72)
  • 5. Coming Out in Sport (page 77)
    • One Athlete's Story: Blake, High School Basketball Player (page 77)
    • Fear of Coming Out (page 81)
    • Coming Out in Sport (page 85)
    • Feelings of Liberation (page 87)
    • Reverse Relative Deprivation (page 90)
    • Homophobic Discourse (page 91)
    • The Evolving Coming Out Story (page 94)
  • 6. Mitigating Gay Stigma (page 97)
    • One Athlete's Story: Bob, Collegiate Track Star (page 97)
    • Using Masculine Capital through Performance (page 101)
    • The Effect of Masculine Capital on Coming Out (page 102)
    • Adopting All Other Tenets of Orthodox Masculinity (page 104)
  • 7. Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Resisting a Culture of Gay Athleticism (page 109)
    • One Athlete's Story: John, High School Basketball Player (page 109)
    • Don't Ask, Don't Tell (page 111)
    • The Price of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (page 116)
  • 8. Factors That Influence Acceptance (page 119)
    • One Team's Story: The Troubadours Cheerleading Team (page 119)
    • Factors That Influence Homosexual Acceptance (page 121)
    • The Coach (page 121)
    • Social Support Networks (page 123)
    • Institutional Attitudes (page 126)
    • The Intersectionality of Race and Coming Out (page 128)
    • Nature and Origin of the Sport (page 131)
    • Other Factors (page 133)
  • 9. The Center of Masculine Production: Gay Athletes in Professional Sports (page 135)
    • One Athlete's Story: Steven, Closeted NFL Player (page 135)
    • Professional Sports (page 136)
    • The Relationship between Professional Athletes and Homosexuality (page 137)
    • Professional-Sized Fear (page 144)
    • Professional Pressure (page 146)
    • Gay Athletes and the Sport-Media Complex (page 149)
    • The Employer (page 151)
    • Cracking the Center (page 155)
  • 10. Doing Something about It (page 159)
    • Research Findings (page 159)
    • Factors in a Positive Coming Out Experience (page 162)
    • How to Come out to Your Team (page 164)
    • Avoiding the Bisexual Trap (page 167)
    • After Coming Out (page 168)
    • Dealing with Uncomfortable Situations (page 169)
    • On Being Attracted to Your Teammates (page 171)
    • When Things Don't Go Well (page 172)
    • The Importance of Comebacks (page 173)
    • Specific Issues for Gay Coaches (page 174)
    • Handling the Privacy Issue (page 175)
    • Warming Down (page 176)
  • Notes (page 179)
  • References (page 189)
  • Index (page 199)
  • SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations (page 207)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
CS 36.4 (Jul. 2007): 337-338 http://www.jstor.org/stable/20443841
JSPH 33.1 (Spring. 2006): 94-95 http://www.jstor.org/stable/43610455
gs 25.3 (Jun. 2011): 391-394 http://www.jstor.org/stable/23044164
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