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001			ocn823741952
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093317.0
008			121231s2013 ncu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2012044029
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780786471133
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020			_a9780786471133 (softcover : alk. paper)
020			_a0786471131 (softcover : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)823741952 _z(OCoLC)779876922 _z(OCoLC)779883784 _z(OCoLC)820723743
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050	0	0	_aGV 867.64 .A38 2013
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100	1		_aAlexander, Lisa Doris.
245	1	0	_aWhen baseball isn't white, straight and male : _bthe media and difference in the national pastime / _cLisa Doris Alexander.
264		1	_aJefferson, North Carolina : _bMcFarland & Company, Inc., _c[2013]
300			_a194 pages ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"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.
505	0		_a1. 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.
650		0	_aBaseball _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMass media and sports _zUnited States.
650		7	_aBaseball _xSocial aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00827951
650		7	_aMass media and sports. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01011368
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
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