The High School
Sports, Spirit, and Citizens, 1903-2024
Seiten
2025
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-3953-3 (ISBN)
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-3953-3 (ISBN)
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Wrapped around a rich array of 270 photos from over a century of a high school’s yearbooks, The High School tells a vivid story of the unevenness of social change, including booms and busts in girls’ sports, the long-contested meanings of football, the gender dynamics of coaching, and dramatic ebbs and flows in the meanings of cheerleading.
Why do boys pitch a hardball overhand, while girls hurl a softball underhand? Why do boy lacrosse players don helmets and pads, while their girl counterparts need simply to protect their eyes? And why do defenders in girls’ football stop an opponent by yanking loose her flag, while boy footballers slam a ball-carrier’s body into the turf? The High School, a photo-rich study of Salinas High School’s annual yearbook from 1903 through 2024, illuminates shifts and turns in the organization and meanings of school sports. The book shows how wars, social movements and national policies, coupled with the local agricultural context of “Steinbeck Country,” have shaped the ways that high school sports mold citizens. Wrapped around a rich array of nearly 270 photos, The High School tells a vivid story of the unevenness of social change, including booms and busts in girls’ sports, the long-contested meanings of football, the gender dynamics of coaching, and dramatic ebbs and flows in the meanings of cheerleading.
Why do boys pitch a hardball overhand, while girls hurl a softball underhand? Why do boy lacrosse players don helmets and pads, while their girl counterparts need simply to protect their eyes? And why do defenders in girls’ football stop an opponent by yanking loose her flag, while boy footballers slam a ball-carrier’s body into the turf? The High School, a photo-rich study of Salinas High School’s annual yearbook from 1903 through 2024, illuminates shifts and turns in the organization and meanings of school sports. The book shows how wars, social movements and national policies, coupled with the local agricultural context of “Steinbeck Country,” have shaped the ways that high school sports mold citizens. Wrapped around a rich array of nearly 270 photos, The High School tells a vivid story of the unevenness of social change, including booms and busts in girls’ sports, the long-contested meanings of football, the gender dynamics of coaching, and dramatic ebbs and flows in the meanings of cheerleading.
MICHAEL A. MESSNER is professor emeritus of sociology and gender studies at the University of Southern California. His research has focused on gender and sports, men and feminism, gender-based violence, and war and peace. The High School is his twentieth book. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.3.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Critical Issues in Sport and Society |
| Zusatzinfo | 92 color and 180 B-W images |
| Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 279 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-9788-3953-7 / 1978839537 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-9788-3953-3 / 9781978839533 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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