Out of Bounds is a collection of essays that regards the media
representation of professional sports through the lens of cultural
studies. Editors Aaron Baker and Todd Boyd contend that the
popularity of sports derives not simply from their appeal as
leisure entertainment but from their contribution to discussion of
larger issues of class, race, gender, and masculinity. Essays in
the collection challenge media wisdom about the apolitical nature
of sports by examining how they contribute to the contested process
of defining social identities. Included within a broad range of
works are " Never Trust a Snake: WWF Wrestling as Masculine
Melodrama," (Henry Jenkins), "Mike Tyson and the Perils of
Discursive Constraints: Boxing, Race and The Assumption of Guilt"
(John Sloop), and "Visible Difference and Flex Appeal: The Body,
Sex, Sexuality, and Race in the Pumping Iron Films" (Christine
Holmlund)."
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