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

Lisa Doris Alexander

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Description:This book analyzes how sportswriters discuss 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 including the 1998 home-run chase, Alex Rodriguez's historic contract singing, Barry Bond's home-run chases, Mike Piazza's "I am not gay" press conference, Effa Manley's Hall of Fame induction, the celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, as well as the various incidents involving performance-enhancing drugs. The author puts it together and reveals what messages are being conveyed by the issues.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with When Baseball Isn't White, Straight and Male: The Media and Difference in the National Pastime. To get started finding When Baseball Isn't White, Straight and Male: The Media and Difference in the National Pastime, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This book analyzes how sportswriters discuss 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 including the 1998 home-run chase, Alex Rodriguez's historic contract singing, Barry Bond's home-run chases, Mike Piazza's "I am not gay" press conference, Effa Manley's Hall of Fame induction, the celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, as well as the various incidents involving performance-enhancing drugs. The author puts it together and reveals what messages are being conveyed by the issues.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with When Baseball Isn't White, Straight and Male: The Media and Difference in the National Pastime. To get started finding When Baseball Isn't White, Straight and Male: The Media and Difference in the National Pastime, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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