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050 00 $aGV867.64$b.A38 2013
082 00 $a796.357$223
100 1 $aAlexander, Lisa Doris.
245 10 $aWhen baseball isn't white, straight and male :$bthe media and difference in the national pastime /$cLisa Doris Alexander.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc.,$c[2013]
300 $a194 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"This book analyzes how sportswriters discuss issues of race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual identity, age, and class within professional baseball from 1998 to present. Each chapter looks at the media representations of a specific controversy as well as incidents involving performance-enhancing drugs. The author reveals what messages are being conveyed by the issues"--Roberta Newman, New York University"--Provided by publisher.
505 0 $a1. Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and the politics of race and nationality -- 2. "Out" on the field: homosexuality and our national pastime -- 3. $25 million man: Alex Rodrâiguez, objectification and money -- 4. Effa Manley and the politics of passing -- 5. Barry Bonds and the pursuit of dap -- 6. It's the end of the world as we know it: race and forgiveness in the era of performance-enhancing drugs -- 7. Who are we celebrating, anyway? Major League Baseball and the honoring of Jackie Robinson.
650 0 $aBaseball$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMass media and sports$zUnited States.
852 00 $bbar,stor$hGV867.64$i.A38 2013