Bigger, faster, stronger: how racist and sexist ideologies persist in college sports

• Published in: Gender and education Vol. 32; no. 8; pp. 1053 - 1071
• Main Author: Hextrum, Kirsten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 16.11.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Althusser; American football; Aquatic Sports; Athletes; Basketball; Behavior; Biology; College Athletics; College sports; College Students; Commercialization; Competition; Consumers; Cultural values; Dominant ideologies; Football; Gender Bias; Gender Differences; Human Body; Ideology; Language Usage; life-history interviews; Mass media effects; Media coverage; Men; Olympic games; Physical Activities; Race; Racial Bias; Racism; reproduction; Sexism; Sports; Team Sports; Time; Track and Field; New York; United States > US

US college sports are prime cultural sites of racist and sexist ideological production [Coakley, Jay. 2015. Sport in Society: Issues and Controversies. 11th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; Eitzen, Stanley D. 2016. Fair and Foul: Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport. 5th ed. Landham, MD: Rowman &am...