With the Boys
eBook - ePub

With the Boys

Little League Baseball and Preadolescent Culture

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

With the Boys

Little League Baseball and Preadolescent Culture

About this book

What are boys like? Who is the creature inhabiting the twilight zone between the perils of the Oedipus complex and the Strum und Drang of puberty? In With the Boys, Gary Alan Fine examines the American male preadolescent by studying the world of Little League baseball. Drawings on three years of firsthand observation of five Little Leagues, Fine describes how, through organized sport and its accompanying activities, boys learn to play, work, and generally be "men."

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Little League and the Adult Organization of Child’s Play
  9. 2. Little League as Sport and Play
  10. 3. Moral Socialization: Adult Concerns
  11. 4. Moral Socialization: Peer Concerns
  12. 5. Sexual and Aggressive Themes of Preadolescent Boys
  13. 6. Small Groups and Preadolescent Culture
  14. 7. Preadolescent Subculture
  15. 8. Sport, Culture, and Preadolescence
  16. Appendix 1: The Effects of Little League Baseball
  17. Appendix 2: Participant Observation with Children
  18. Appendix 3: Research Settings and Data Sources
  19. Notes
  20. References
  21. Index