"Out of Bounds" is a collection of essays that regards the media representation of professional sports through the lens of cultural studies. Editors, Aaron Baker and Todd Boyd, contend that the popularity of sports derives not simply from their appeal as leisure entertainment, but from their contribution to discussion of larger issues of class, race, gender, and masculinity. The essays in the collection challenge media wisdom about the apolitical nature of sports, by examining how they contribute to the contested process of defining social identities. Included within a broad range of works are: "'Never Trust a Snake': WWF Wrestling as Masculine Melodrama", (Henry Jenkins); "Mike Tyson and the Perils of Discursive Constraints: Boxing, Race and The Assumption of Guilt", (John Sloop); and "Visible Difference and Flex Appeal: The Body, Sex, Sexuality, and Race in the Pumping Iron Films", (Christine Holmlund).
- ISBN10 0253332281
- ISBN13 9780253332288
- Publish Date 29 May 1997
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 15 September 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Indiana University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 232
- Language English