Man in the Middle chronicles John Amaechi's extraordinary journey from awkward, overweight English lad to jet-setting NBA star. Along the way, he endured endless obstacles to his hoop dreams-being abandoned by his father, being cut from his first college team, recovering from his life-threatening injury, playing for abusive coaches, and losing his ...
A former professional baseball player (and one of the few who are openly gay), Bean recounts his tumultuous time in the big league, battling to keep his sexuality secret. GOING THE OTHER WAY not only revisits this man's life, but also critique's the nation's pastime, arguing that acceptance nationally might be sooner met if it were embraced by the ...
The story of Tuaolo, from living in poverty to becoming a highly successful professional football player, is both painful and hopeful. Through this account, he emerges as a complex, intellectually curious, and fascinating individual defined neither by his choice of career nor by his sexual orientation.
Mark Tewksbury is best known as a gold-medal-winning Olympic swimmer. His remarkable sixteen-year athletic career included three Olympic medals, numerous world records, and inductions into three major halls of fame: the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, and the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Although retired as ...
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 ...
This volume draws together recent thought on masculinity, sports, and gender roles. In the atmosphere that usually prevails in sports, violence, pain and sexism are considered necessary for both athletes and sports educators. Messner and Sabo envision a different environment, where a new kind of masculinity can prevail in sports and by extension, ...
Twenty-three years after publishing his story, David Kopay remains the only NFL player who has publicly acknowledged his homosexuality. From psychotherapy to hypnosis to heartbreaking family confrontations to finally surprising acceptance from former teammates and coaches, this is a story of denial leading to acceptance, and finally to pride. As ...
In addition to becoming a bestseller, "Jocks" changed the face of gay athletics forever. Author and journalist Woog introduces readers to a group of gay athletes. These pointed, dynamic, and triumphant profiles of gay athletes continue the tradition of illustrating that gay people are the friends, colleagues, neighbors, and teammates of all ...
Sports are perhaps the most visible expression of the ideals of masculinity in our society, and figure as a training ground on which young boys are taught what it means to be a man. Given the involvement of sports with masculinity, the homosexual athlete becomes a paradox, and the recent explosive growth of gay sporting leagues, a puzzle. Pronger ...
Drawing on qualitative studies of athletes and fraternity members, this book describes the world of masculinities among men in both the US and England. It is of interest to students and faculty members within Sociology, Gender Studies, and Sport Studies.
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