In the Game: Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity

by Eric Anderson

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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,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0791465330

ISBN13:9780791465332

Release Date:January 2005

Publisher:State University of New York Press

Length:222 Pages

Weight:0.93 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 9.2" x 6.2"

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Gay & Lesbian Gay & Lesbian Studies Nonfiction Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Specific Demographics Sports & Outdoors Sports & Recreation

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