College basketball experienced its greatest rise in popularity during the eighties, becoming one of the most commercially successful spectator sports in America. With this rise came an era of scandal: recruiting violations, spurious admittance practices, and controversial treatment of student athletes. Within this guarded context of scrutiny, allegations of improprieties, and media celebrity, Patricia and Peter Adler penetrated the public front of a top twenty basketball team. The result of their efforts, "Backboards and Blackboards: College Athletes and Role Engulfment," is a compelling inside account of an exciting, intimidating, and glamorous hidden arena.
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The Adlers, both sociologists, focus this study of American college varsity basketball players on the gradual change in the athletes' sense of self. Drawing on coaches' and players' observations as well as their own analysis, the authors chart the painful journey taken by young people who began with the belief that they could have it all and be whatever they wanted, but came to realize--as college social, educational, and athletic roles conflicted--that a "glorified" athletic self was dominating, indeed engulfing their personalities. This lucid work relates the character and form of the athletes' socialization to recent American social and historic trends, away from broad-based interests and role variety toward narrowly focused specialization. Recommended for academics and interested lay readers.
- Suzanne W. Wood, SUNY Coll. of Technology, Alfred, N.Y.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Suzanne W. Wood, SUNY Coll. of Technology, Alfred, N.Y.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Patricia A. Adler is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Chicago.
Peter Adler is associate professor and chair of sociology at the university of Denver.
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The Adlers use a qualitative research study w/Peter becoming a participant observer to study the socialization of college athletes and the social psychology of the self. I believe this piece of research is valid research. It saddened me to read what our materialistic world is doing to the young individuals that are recruited for college basketball. It also proved to me that college basketball is about big business, and not really a sport. Unfortunately, it continues today and not only in basketball. Thank you Patricia and Peter for opening our eyes. Anyone interested in knowing the real truth about college athletics should consider reading this book.
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gloried selves, gloried self, athletic role, bad niggas, athletic subculture, engulfed self, middle class players, peer subculture, athletic realm, sought players, working class players, freshmen athletes, athletic dorm, academic coach, role exit, glory experience, academic role, role salience, general student body, practice season, identity salience, college athletes, college athletics, recruiting visit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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gloried selves, gloried self, athletic role, bad niggas, athletic subculture, engulfed self, middle class players, peer subculture, athletic realm, sought players, working class players, freshmen athletes, athletic dorm, academic coach, role exit, glory experience, academic role, role salience, general student body, practice season, identity salience, college athletes, college athletics, recruiting visit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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