{"product_id":"childs-play-sport-in-kids-worlds-hardback-9780813571461","title":"Child's Play; Sport in Kids' Worlds (Hardback) 9780813571461","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChild's Play\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSport in Kids' Worlds\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael A. Messner (Edited by), Michela Musto (Edited by), Don Sabo (Contributions by), Phil Veliz (Contributions by), Douglas Hartmann (Contributions by), Alex Manning (Contributions by), Cheryl Cooky (Contributions by), Lauren Rauscher (Contributions by), Toben F Nelson (Contributions by), Jeffrey Montez de Oca (Contributions by), Jeffrey Scholes (Contributions by), Brandon Meyer (Contributions by), Murray J. N. Drummond (Contributions by), Chelsey Thul (Contributions by), Nicole M. LaVoi (Contributions by), Torrie Hazelwood (Contributions by), Fatimah Hussein (Contributions by), Ann Travers (Contributions by), Michael Kehler (Contributions by), A. James McKeever (Contributions by), William A. Corsaro (Afterword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813571461\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 May 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 4 illustrations, 8 graphs, 3 t\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Messner and Musto have pulled together a powerful collection of essays that offer panoramic insight and riveting detail. The voices of kids are truly revelatory and powerfully demonstrate children's cultural fluency within the constraints of age and other inequities. \u003ci\u003eChild's Play\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare achievement that centers kids' experience in sports while using it as a crucial prism onto other major sociological projects.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Allison Pugh, University of Virginia\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"A much needed contribution to the fields of childhood and sport studies.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Sport in American History\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"A carefully crafted and meticulously organized anthology, \u003ci\u003eChild's Play\u003c\/i\u003e provides a much needed research agenda for studying physical activities and sport participation among young people, and serves as a valuable source of information for any parent or adult concerned about youth sports.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Jay Coakley, author of Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\"Together, these essays present an understanding of youth sports supported by research data and ethnographic data that share a child's voice. This convincing collection recognizes the culture of youth sport and its bearing on the growth of youth. It is for anyone interested in youth sports... Highly recommended.\"\u003c\/div\u003e— Choice\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIs sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health, whether condemning contact sports for their concussion risk or prescribing athletics as a cure for the childhood obesity epidemic. \u003ci\u003eChild's Play\u003c\/i\u003e presents a more nuanced examination of the issue, considering not only the physical impacts of youth athletics, but its psychological and social ramifications as well.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe eleven original scholarly essays in this collection provide a probing look into how sports—in community athletic leagues, in schools, and even on television—play a major role in how young people view themselves, shape their identities, and imagine their place in society. Rather than focusing exclusively on self-proclaimed jocks, the book considers how the culture of sports affects a wide variety of children and young people, including those who opt out of athletics. Not only does \u003ci\u003eChild's Play\u003c\/i\u003e examine disparities across lines of race, class, and gender, it also offers detailed examinations of how various minority populations, from transgender youth to Muslim immigrant girls, have participated in youth sports. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTaken together, these essays offer a wide range of approaches to understanding the sociology of youth sports, including data-driven analyses that examine national trends, as well as ethnographic research that gives a voice to individual kids. \u003ci\u003eChild's Play\u003c\/i\u003e thus presents a comprehensive and compelling analysis of how, for better and for worse, the culture of sports is integral to the development of young people—and with them, the future of our society. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction: Kids and Sport\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMichael A. Messner and Michela Musto\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart I. Playing Fields: The Social Landscape of Youth Sports\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 1. Surveying Youth Sports in America: What We Know and What It Means for Public Policy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 2. Kids of Color in the American Sporting Landscape: Limited, Concentrated, and Controlled\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 3. Girls and the Racialization of Female Bodies in Sport Contexts\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 4. Sport and the Childhood Obesity Epidemic\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 5. The Children Are Our Future: The NFL, Corporate Social Responsibility, and the Production of \"Avid Fans\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart II. \u003cbr\u003eFields of Play: Kids Navigating Sport Worlds\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 6. Athletes in the Pool, Girls and Boys on Deck: The Contextual Construction of Gender in Coed Youth Swimming\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 7. The Voices of Boys on Sport, Health, and Physical Activity: The Beginning of Life Through a Gendered Lens\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 8. \"We Have a Right to the Gym\": Physical Activity Experiences of East African Immigrant Girls\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 9. Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Kids and the Binary Obstacles of Sport Participation in North America\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 10. Examining Boys, Bodies, and PE Locker Room Spaces: \"I Don't Ever Set Foot in That Locker Room\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 11. Park \"Rats\" to Park \"Daddies\": Community Heads Creating Future Mentors\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAfterword: Kids, Sport Research, and Sport Policy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes on Contributors\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559351021848,"sku":"9780813571461","price":85.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/childs-play-sport-in-kids-worlds-hardback-9780813571461","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}