In the Game

In the Game Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity - SUNY Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations

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Publisher's Synopsis

2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780791465349
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Imprint: SUNY Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 796.08664
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 208
Weight: 304g
Height: 228mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 14mm