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Sporting Dystopias SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations CL Cole and Michael A. Messner, editors Sporting Dystopias The Making and Meaning of Urban Sport Cultures Edited by Ralph C. Wilcox David L. Andrews Robert Pitter Richard L. Irwin State University of New York Press Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 2003 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, NY 12207 Production by Michael Haggett Marketing by Jennifer Giovani Library of Congress Catalogining-in-Publication Data Sporting dystopias : the making and meaning of urban sport cultures / edited by Ralph C. Wilcox . . . [et al.]. p. cm.—(SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-5669-2 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-7914-5670-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Sports—Social aspects. 2. City and town life. I. Wilcox, Ralph C. II. Series. GV706.5 .S73898 306.4'83—dc21 2003 2002030976 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents 1. Sport in the City: Cultural, Economic, and Political Portraits Ralph C. Wilcox and David L. Andrews 2. Sport and Community/Communitas Alan G. Ingham and Mary G. McDonald 17 3. Mediated Sports, Mayors, and the Marketed Metropolis Gene Burd 35 4. Urban(e) Statuary Times Synthia Sydnor Slowikowski 65 5. No Christmas Dinner: The Effect of Major Sporting Events on Local Homelessness Robin M. Mathy 6. 7. 8. Rounders or Robin Hoods? Questioning the Role of the Ticket Scalper As Entertainment Outlaw or Free Market Capitalist Michael F. Atkinson 1 81 95 Horse Racing in Chicago, 1883–1894: The Interplay of Class, Politics, and Organized Crime Steven A. Riess 117 Athletics in the Ward and Beyond: Neighborhoods, Jews, and Sport in Toronto, 1900–1939 Danny Rosenberg 137 v vi 9. 10. CONTENTS Urban Sanctuary: Youth Culture in a Recreation Drop-in Center Brian Wilson and Phil White Researching Youth Sports Programs in a Metropolitan Setting: Essentials of, Barriers to, and Policy for Achieving a Comprehensive Program Michael A. Clark 153 179 11. Soccer, Race, and Suburban Space David L. Andrews, Robert Pitter, Detlev Zwick, and Darren Ambrose 12. The New Politics of Urban Consumption: Hoop Dreams, Clockers, and “America” CL Cole and Samantha King 221 In Place of “Race,” Space: “Basketball in Canada” and the Absence of Racism Gamal Abdel-Shehid 247 13. 14. Driving the Lane against the Raptor: The Production and Racialization of (Transgressive) Subjects on the Streets of Toronto Andrew D. Thornton 197 265 List of Contributors 281 Index 287 Books in SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations 291 1 Sport in the City Cultural, Economic, and Political Portr