When Baseball Isn't White, Straight and Male

Lisa Doris Alexander is an assistant professor of Africana studies at Wayne State University in Detroit. Her research focuses on issues of race, class and sexual identity in sports, film and television. She lives in Warren, Michigan.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction      1 Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and the Politics of Race and Nationality      2 “Out” on the Field: Homosexuality and Our National Pastime      3 The $25 Million Man: Alex Rodríguez, Objectification and Money      4 Effa Manley and the Politics of Passing      5 Barry Bonds and the Pursuit of Dap      6 It’s the End of the World as We Know It: Race and Forgiveness in the Era of Performance-Enhancing Drugs      7 Who Are We Celebrating, Anyway? Major League Baseball and the Honoring of Jackie Robinson      Conclusions      Chapter Notes      Suggested Reading      Bibliography      Index

“A valuable addition...highly recommended”—Choice; “Alexander makes an important argument, applying contemporary theory dealing with race, ethnicity, and gender to the world of major league baseball, and her occasionally controversial stance provides a great deal of food for thought.”—Roberta Newman, New York University