When Baseball Isn't White, Straight and Male The Media and Difference in the National Pastime

Name: When Baseball Isn't White, Straight and Male The Media and Difference in the National Pastime
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ISBN: 9780786471133

ISBN-10: 0786471131

ISBN-13: 9780786471133

Edition: 2013

Authors: Lisa Doris Alexander

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This book analyzes how sportswriters discuss issues of race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual identity, age, and class within professional baseball from 1998 to the present. Each chapter looks at the media representations of a specific controversy including the 1998 home-run chase, Alex Rodriguez's historic contract singing, Barry Bond's home-run chases, Mike Piazza's "I am not gay" press conference, Effa Manley's Hall of Fame induction, the celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, as well as the various incidents involving performance-enhancing drugs. The author puts it together and reveals what messages are being conveyed by the issues.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date: 12/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and the Politics of Race and Nationality



"Out" on the Field: Homosexuality and Our National Pastime



The $25 Million Man: Alex Rodriguez, Objectification and Money



Effa Manley and the Politics of Passing



Barry Bonds and the Pursuit of Dap



It's the End of the World as "We Know It: Race and Forgiveness in the Era of Performance-Enhancing Drugs



Who Are We Celebrating, Anyway? Major League Baseball and the Honoring of Jackie Robinson


Conclusions


Chapter Notes


Suggested Reading


Bibliography


Index