No Slam Dunk
No Slam Dunk by Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner, published by Rutgers University Press on May 30, 2018, is a comprehensive examination of the ongoing challenges in achieving gender equity in sports. This edition, spanning 314 pages, delves into the significant transformations that have occurred in the realm of sports over recent decades while highlighting the persistent barriers that hinder full and equal participation for young athletes. The authors argue that the journey toward gender equality is far from complete, emphasizing the disparities in pay for elite female athletes and the lack of equitable media representation.
Readers will find that No Slam Dunk provides both theoretical and empirical insights into the complexities of social change within sports. The chapters explore the notion that the narrative of progress toward gender equality is not as straightforward as it may seem, challenging the idea of an inevitable conclusion to this struggle. By addressing topics such as gender studies and sociology, the book offers a critical perspective on the uneven landscape of sports and the ongoing fight for justice and equality.
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In just a few decades, sport has undergone a radical gender transformation. However, Cheryl Cooky and Michael A. Messner suggest that the progress toward gender equity in sports is far from complete. The continuing barriers to full and equal participation for young people, the far lower pay for most elite-level women athletes, and the continuing dearth of fair and equal media coverage all underline how much still has yet to change before we see gender equality in sports. The chapters in No Slam Dunk show that is this not simply a story of an “unfinished revolution.” Rather, they contend, it is simplistic optimism to assume that we are currently nearing the conclusion of a story of linear progress that ends with a certain future of equality and justice. This book provides important theoretical and empirical insights into the contemporary world of sports to help explain the unevenness of social change and how, despite significant progress, gender equality in sports has been “No Slam Dunk.”
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