When Baseball Isnt White Straight and Male
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2012
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9780786471133
Description: "This book analyzes how sportswriters discuss issues of race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual identity, age, and class within professional baseball from 1998 to present. Each chapter looks at the media representations of a specific controversy as well as incidents involving performance-enhancing drugs. The author reveals what messages are being conveyed by the issues"--Roberta Newman, New York University"--Provided by publisher.