Marking the boundaries of the normal in televised sports: The play-by-play of race

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 861-879+882

  Bruce, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Basketball; Ideology; Media; Naming patterns; Racism; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044256505     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443704047030     Document Type: Article

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