In the Game: Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity (Sport, Culture, and Social Relations) [Hardcover]

Eric Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2005 | Series: Sport, Culture, and Social Relations

In the Game Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity

Eric Anderson - Author

SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations

Summary

Examines the relationship between gay male athletes, sport, and American masculinity.

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From the Publisher

Using interviews with openly gay and closeted team-sport athletes, Eric Anderson examines how homophobia is reproduced in sport, how gay male athletes navigate this, and how American masculinity is changing. By detailing individual experiences, Anderson shows how these athletes are emerging from their athletic closets and contesting the dominant norms of masculinity. From the locker rooms of high school sports, where the atmosphere of "don't ask, don't tell" often exists, to the unique circumstances that gay athletes encounter in professional team sports, this book analyzes the agency that openly gay athletes possess to change their environments.

About the Author

Eric Anderson is Lecturer on Sociology at Stony Brook University, State University of New York and the author of Trailblazing: The True Story of America's First Openly Gay Track Coach.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (January 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791465330
• ISBN-13: 978-0791465332
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,073,015 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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