The Cleveland "Indians": a case study in American Indian cultural dispossession

Article Abstract:

This article examines the exploitation of Native Americans by sports teams. The authors argues European American notions of property rights seek to dispossess Native Americans by exploiting ideas of "Indianess" by sports teams, such as the Cleveland Indians baseball team, and asserts the images suggest a "possessive investment in whiteness" which reinforces a racial hierarchy.

Research, Portrayals, Native Americans, Native North Americans, Racism, Right of property, Property rights

---

When being female isn't feminine: Uta Pippig and the menstrual communication taboo in sports journalism

Article Abstract:

This article explores journalists' reporting of women's sports, focusing specifically on Uta Pippig's win at the Boston Marathon while overcoming menstrual cramping and diarrhea. Issues discussed include how journalists' describe women's sports, and how menstruation is talked about within North American society.

Analysis, Behavior, Sports, Media coverage, Menstruation, Marathon running, Women athletes, Sports journalism, Boston Marathon (Running), Pippig, Uta

---

The 'sudden death' of hockey in Hartford: sports fans and franchise relocation

Article Abstract:

Using the Hartford Whalers hockey team as a case study, this article examines the relationship between sports teams and their fans. The psychological affect of a team's relocation on their fans, and how the team's loss is often described in death metaphors is examined.

Psychological aspects, Hockey, Fans (Persons), Hartford Whalers

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: The Atlantic 42 is a sailor's Catamaran. Through his eyes only. McGeary on volume
• Abstracts: How not to be run down. Riding out a hurricane: commentary by Hal Sutphen. Too close for comfort
• Abstracts: Tobago. Tobago: a Caribbean classic. Road to nowhere?
• Abstracts: Wind and wave on the wine dark sea. Racing to the Galapagos
• Abstracts: Rat liver lysosomal and mitochondrial activities are modified by anabolic-androgenic steroids. Effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids on weight-lifters' myocardium: an ultrasonic videodensitometric study

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.