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Author Davis, Laurel R., 1961-

Title The swimsuit issue and sport : hegemonic masculinity in Sports illustrated / Laurel R. Davis.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [1997]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 168 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations
SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159) and index.
Contents Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue: The Rise to Popularity and Profitability -- Ch. 3. The Basic Content: "Ideally Beautiful and Sexy Women for Men" -- Ch. 4. The Struggle Over Public Sexuality -- Ch. 5. A Vehicle for Public Declarations of Heterosexual Identity -- Ch. 6. Profiting from the Masculinity Crisis -- Ch. 7. The Struggle Over Gender -- Ch. 8. Hegemonic Masculinity Built on the Backs of People of Color -- Ch. 9. Hegemonic Masculinity Built on the Backs of "The (Post)Colonialized Other" -- Ch. 10. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issues (from 1964 to 1991 and 1996) -- Appendix B. Non-Academic Media Material Related to the Swimsuit Issues -- Appendix C. Interview Schedules for Producers, Consumers, and Librarians -- Appendix D. Recruitment of, and Information About, The Interviewed Producers and Consumers.
Summary This study of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue demonstrates how the magazine encourages individual and institutional practices that create and maintain inequality. Laurel Davis illustrates how the interactions of media production, media texts, media consumption, and social context influence meaning. Individuals' interpretations of and reactions to the magazine and influenced by their views about gender and sexuality, views that have been shaped by their social experiences. Based on extensive interviews with Sports Illustrated producers and consumers, as well as analysis of every swimsuit issue from the first in 1964 to those of the 1990s, the book argues that Sports Illustrated uses the swimsuit issue to secure a large male audience by creating a climate of dominant masculinity. This practice produces considerable profit but on the way to the bank tramples women, gays, lesbians, people of color, and residents of the postcolonialized world.
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Subject Sports illustrated.
Sports illustrated.
Sports illustrated.
Sports -- Social aspects -- United States.
Sports -- Social aspects.
United States.
Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States.
Mass media -- Social aspects.
Mass media and minorities -- United States.
Mass media and minorities.
Developing countries -- In mass media.
Developing countries.
Sexism -- United States.
Sexism.
Sex in popular culture -- United States.
Sex in popular culture.
Masculinity -- United States.
Masculinity.
Bathing suits -- United States.
Bathing suits.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Sexism.
Other Form: Print version: Davis, Laurel R., 1961- Swimsuit issue and sport. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1997 0791433919 (DLC) 96038825 (OCoLC)35620261
ISBN 0585089795 (electronic book)
9780585089799 (electronic book)
0791433919
0791433927