The high school sports, spirit, and citizens, 1903-2024 / Michael A. Messner.
| Author/creator | Messner, Michael A. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2025] |
| Description | 328 pages illustrations 29 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Physical medium | illustrations |
| Series | Critical issues in sport and society |
| Contents | "All prejudices have been swept away": 1903-1925 -- Football heroes and girls with pep: 1926-1946 -- Pageants of gender: 1947-1974 -- Boom, bust, and Purple Pride: 1975-1999 -- "Who runs this world?": 2000-2024 -- Conclusion: Paradoxes of progress -- Appendix: High school yearbooks as personal and cultural memory. |
| Abstract | "Why do boys pitch a hardball overhand, while girls hurl a softball underhand? Why do boy lacrosse players don helmets and pads, while their girl counterparts need simply to protect their eyes? And why do defenders in girls' football stop an opponent by yanking loose her flag, while boy footballers slam a ball-carrier's body into the turf? The High School, a photo-rich study of Salinas High School's annual yearbook from 1903 through 2024, illuminates shifts and turns in the organization and meanings of school sports. The book shows how wars, social movements and national policies, coupled with the local agricultural context of "Steinbeck Country," have shaped the ways that high school sports mold citizens. Wrapped around a rich array of nearly 270 photos, The High School tells a vivid story of the unevenness of social change, including booms and busts in girls' sports, the long-contested meanings of football, the gender dynamics of coaching, and dramatic ebbs and flows in the meanings of cheerleading"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-316) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024027121 |
| ISBN | 9781978839533 hardcover acid-free paper |
| ISBN | epub |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |