Alexander, Lisa Doris. <br/><br/>
When baseball isn't white, straight and male :  the media and difference in the national pastime / 
Lisa Doris Alexander. 
 - 194 pages ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and the politics of race and nationality -- 2. "Out" on the field: homosexuality and our national pastime -- 3. The $25 million man: Alex Rodr�iguez, objectification and money -- 4. Effa Manley and the politics of passing -- 5. Barry Bonds and the pursuit of dap -- 6. It's the end of the world as we know it: race and forgiveness in the era of performance-enhancing drugs -- 7. Who are we celebrating, anyway? Major League Baseball and the honoring of Jackie Robinson. 
<br/><br/> "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."--Back cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780786471133 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786471131 (softcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012044029 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Baseball--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Mass media and sports--United States.<br/>Baseball--Social aspects.<br/>Mass media and sports.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV 867.64 .A38 2013