Media And The Coming Out Of Gay Male Athletes In American Team Sports (Communication, Sport, And Society) - 9781433156007

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 modern athlete

• | Author: Andrew C. Billings|Leigh Moscowitz
• | Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• | Publication Date: Jul 27, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 228 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1433156008
• | ISBN-13: 9781433156007