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When Baseball Isn't White, Straight and Male: The Media and Difference in the National Pastime

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 | #1757192 in Books |  McFarland |  2012-11-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.90 x.70 x5.90l,.60 | File type: PDF | 200 pages

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|| |"Alexander makes an important argument, applying contemporary theory dealing with race, ethnicity, and gender to the world of major league baseball, and her occasionally controversial stance provides a great deal of food for thought." --Roberta Newman, New Yor

This book analyzes how sportswriters have discussed issues of race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual identity, age and class within professional baseball from 1998 to the present. Each chapter looks at the media representations of a specific controversy--the 1998 home-run chase, Alex Rodriguez's historic contract signing, Barry Bonds' home runs, Mike Piazza's "I am not gay" press conference, Effa Manley's Hall of Fame induction, the celebration of Jackie Robinson's legacy,...

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