@article{ref1,
title=""So you can see how the other half lives": MTV "cribs"' use of "the other" in framing successful athletic masculinities",
journal="Journal of sport and social issues",
year="2007",
author="Smith, Maureen Margaret and Beal, Becky",
volume="31",
number="2",
pages="103-127",
abstract="MTV's popular television series &quot;Cribs&quot; displays the homes of famous athletes and entertainers. &quot;Cribs&quot; presents these male athletes and their households as exemplars of &quot;making it.&quot; This article examines the representation of male athletes and how various types of &quot;successful&quot; masculinity are conflated with race and class. We found two dominant models of successful masculinity, James Bond and Cool Pose. &quot;Cribs&quot; clearly demarcates between Black and White athletes, which essentializes race. Simultaneously, &quot;Cribs&quot; presents race as performative styles providing the audience with opportunities to consume &quot;the other.&quot; We argue that this paradoxical dynamic is utilized to sell the cool lifestyle and has multiple implications, including depoliticizing race, class, and gender.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0193-7235",
doi="10.1177/0193723507300483",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0193723507300483"
}