Media and the coming out of gay male athletes in American team sports / Andrew Billings and Leigh Moscowitz.

"Never before have we lived in a time in which sport and gay identity are more visible, discussed, debated--and even celebrated. However, in an era in which the sports closet is heralded as the last remaining stronghold of heterosexuality, the terrain for the gay athlete remains contradictory at bes...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Communication, sport, and society ; v. 1.
Main Authors: Billings, Andrew C. (Author)
Moscowitz, Leigh (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2018]
Series:Communication, sport, and society ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Gay athletes > United States.
Male athletes > Social conditions.
Gay people and sports > United States.
Mass media and sports > United States.
Sports > Social aspects > United States.
Gay athletes.
Gays and sports.
Mass media and sports.
Sports > Social aspects.
United States.
Physical Description:x, 227 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The arduous ascent of the openly-gay male athlete
  • Inside the sports closet: tensions of passing and outing
  • Telling your story: PR firms, strategic media, and the power of mass messaging
  • Anatomy of a gay sports story: assembling and advancing the coming out of Jason Collins
  • Playing "out" in the media: framing gay athlete stories
  • Identity politics: gender, racial, and religious performativity
  • The floodgates open?: the future of the openly-gay athlete.