This week we are joined by David J. Leonard, professor of Critical Culture, Gender, & Race Studies at Washington State University and author of After Artest: The NBA and the Assault on Blackness. We discuss the significance of Jason Collins’s article in Sports Illustrated announcing that he is gay, the media’s reaction to him coming […]
This week we are joined by David J. Leonard [1], professor of Critical Culture, Gender,& Race Studies at Washington State University and author of After Artest: The NBA and the Assault on Blackness [2]. We discuss the significance of Jason Collins's article in Sports Illustrated [3] announcing that he is gay, the media's reaction to him coming out, and sport as a site key site for the performance of gender and sexuality. Download Office Hours #70 [4] [1] http://libarts.wsu.edu/ccgrs/faculty/leonard.asp [2] http://www.sunypress.edu/p-5321-after-artest.aspx [3] http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/ [4] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH70_Leonard.mp3
This week we are joined by David J. Leonard, professor of Critical Culture, Gender, & Race Studies at Washington State University and author of After Artest: The NBA and the Assault on Blackness. We discuss the significance of Jason Collins’s article in Sports Illustrated announcing that he is gay, the media’s reaction to him coming out, and sport as a site key site for the performance of gender and sexuality.