Paradoxes of Youth and Sport

Foreword ix Wayne Wilson Preface xiii Introduction: Framing Social Issues through Sport 1(12) PART ONE CAN SPORT FOR YOUTH BUILD CHARACTER AND PREVENT VIOLENCE? Using Sports to Control Deviance and Violence among Youths: Let's Be Critical and Cautious 13(18) Jay Coakley The Role of Sports in Youth Development 31(18) Martha E. Ewing Lori A. Gano-Overway Crystal F. Branta Vern D. Seefeldt Teaching Life Skills through Sport 49(20) Steven J. Danish Kids of Value: A Conversation with Marty Martinson 61(8) PART TWO READING SOCIAL ISSUES: SPORTS MEDIA, LITERATURE, AND PEDAGOGY Representations of Female Athletes in Young Adult Sports Fiction: Issues and Intersections of Race and Gender 69(24) Mary Jo Kane Kimberly D. Pearce We Got Next: Negotiating Race and Gender in Professional Basketball 93(10) Sarah Banet-Weiser Teaching Against the Grain: A Learner-Centered, Media-Based, and Profeminist Approach to Gender and Nonviolence in Sport 103(16) Jim McKay Blowing Whistles: The Sports Violence Profile 119(16) Lawrence A. Wenner Let's Face It: A Conversation with David Davis on Sports Journalism 123(12) PART THREE RACIAL INEQUALITY AND INTERGROUP CONTACT Race, Youth, Athletes, and Role Models 135(6) Kenneth L. Shropshire Understanding Intercultural Relations on Multiethnic High School Sports Teams 141(18) Patricia M. Greenfield Helen M. Davis Lalita K. Suzuki Ioakim P. Boutakidis Athletic Identity, Racial Attitudes, and Aggression in First-Year Black and White Intercollegiate Athletes 159(14) James S. Jackson Shelley Keiper Kendrick T. Brown Tony N. Brown Warde Manuel Uneven Playing Field: The Impact of Structural Barriers on the Initial Eligibility of African American Student-Athletes 173(24) Robert M. Sellers Tabbye M. Chavous Tony N. Brown Race and Sport and Youth in America: A Conversation with Terrence Barnum 187(10) PART FOUR VIOLENCE ON AND OFF THE PLAYING FIELD: IS THE PROBLEM SPORT CULTURE OR SOCIETY? Contrasting Perspectives on Youthful Sports Violence 197(10) Malcolm W. Klein Susan B. Sorenson From ``Sports Violence'' to ``Sports Crime''; Aspects of Violence, Law, and Gender in the Sports Process 207(18) Kevin Young Scoring without Consent: Confronting Male Athletes' Violence Against women 225(16) Michael A. Messner Mark A. Stevens Sport, Youth, Violence, and the Media: An Activist Athlete's Point of View 241(14) Donald G. McPherson Sport and Youth-Violence Prevention: A Conversation with Billie P. Weiss 249(6) Conclusion 255(6) About the Contributors 261(6) Author Index 267(6) Subject Index 273(6) SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations 279