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Of Gender, Poetry, and Social Theory

Sports / Panel / Session 2G05

Friday, November 4, 1:45 pm to 3:00 pm (Bossa Nova 1)

These papers focus on the relationship between sport and gender relations and the poetic-social theoretical aspects of sport.

Presentations

Selling Sexy or Selling your Sport: Female Athletes in Print Advertisements

Nicholas Michael Christie
Action, Impact and Beauty: The Lingerie Football League and the Pornography of Sport

Andrew J Young (Temple University)
Being There – How Writer/Fans Help Us Recover the Poetry of Sports

Kenneth Sammond
Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender: Toward an Intersectional Analysis of Sport

Joe Trumino (St. John's University)