Sport, Beer, and Gender

The Editors: Lawrence A. Wenner (Ph.D., University of Iowa) is Von der Ahe Professor of Communication and Ethics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He is a former editor of the Journal of Sport and Social Issues and his books include Media, Sports, and Society and MediaSport. His research focuses media criticism on the ethics of racial and gender portrayals in commodified narratives. Steven J. Jackson (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is Professor in the School of Physical Education at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He is President of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA) and his books include: Sport, Culture and Advertising, Sport Stars and Sport and Cultural Diversity in a Globalising World. His research focuses on globalization, national identity, and media.

Contents: Lawrence A. Wenner/Steven J. Jackson: Sport, Beer, and Gender in Promotional Culture: On the Dynamics of a Holy Trinity James R. Walker/Nelson Hathcock/Robert V. Bellamy: Domesticating the Brew: Gender and Sport in Postwar Magazine Advertising for Beer John Horne/Garry Whannel: Beer Sponsors Football: What Could Go Wrong? Shannon Jette/Robert E.C. Sparks/Ilana Pinsky/Liliana Castaneda/Rebecca J. Haines: Youth, Sports, and the Culture of Beer Drinking: Global Alcohol Sponsorship of Sports and Cultural Events in Latin America John Amis/Ronald L. Mower/Michael L. Silk: (Michael) Power, Gendered Subjectivities, and Filmic Representation: Brand Strategy and Guinness Critical Assignment in Africa Lawrence A. Wenner: Brewing Consumption: Sports Dirt, Mythic Masculinity, and the Ethos of Beer Commercials Lindsey J. Men: On the Lite Side? Miller Lites Men of the Square Table, Man Laws, and the Making of Masculinity Jim McKay/Michael Emmison/Janine Mikosza: Lads, Larrikins and Mates: Hegemonic Masculinities in Australian Beer Advertisements Steven J. Jackson/Sarah Gee/Jay Scherer: Producing and Consuming Masculinity: New Zealands (Speights) Southern Man David Rowe/Callum Gilmour: Lubrication and Domination: Beer, Sport, Masculinity, and the Australian Gender Order Catherine Palmer: The Grog Squad: An Ethnography of Beer Consumption at Australian Rules Football Margaret Carlisle Duncan/Alan Aycock: I Laughed Until I Hurt: Negative Humor in Super Bowl Ads Charles Atkin/Walter Gantz: Promotion and Prevention of Drinking in U.S. College Sports Garry Crawford: Consuming Sport, Consuming Beer: Sport Fans, Scene, and Everyday Life.