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Author:   Drew D. Brown
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.362kg
ISBN:  

9781476669649

ISBN 10:   1476669643
Pages:   207
Publication Date:   28 February 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction (Drew D. Brown) Part I: History We Were Better Runners: African American Women and the Summer Olympics, 1932–1948 (Stanley Keith Arnold) Sporting Congregations: The Foundation of Black College Football (Derrick E. White) From Chitlins to Championships: Limited Opportunities for African American Professional Wrestlers (Kevin Hogg) Part II: Social Justice and Responsibility Social Justice and Black Basketball: Playing the Game and Off the Court (Demetrius W. Pearson) Social Responsibility and Accountability: Dr. Harry Edwards and the Paradox of the Black Male College Athlete (Fritz G. Polite and Jeremai E. Santiago) African American Sport Activism and Broader Social Movements (Joseph N. Cooper, Michael Mallery, Jr., and Charles D.T. Macaulay) Refusing to Play Their Games! A Fanonian Analysis and Robesonian Proposition on Sports, Race and Divestment (Miciah Z. Yehudah) Part Iii: Gender and Identity Black Women's Sports Experiences Beyond the Game (F. Michelle Richardson and Akilah R. ­Carter-Francique) The Stories of Boobie Miles and Rysheed Jordan: How the Institution of Sports Is Failing Black Male Athletes (Drew D. Brown and Christina Kanu) ""Man up"": Sport, Masculinity and African American Communities (Bruce Lee Hazelwood) Part IV: Media and Identity Construction: Media, Myth and Perception in Football Recruiting (Travis R. Bell) The (African) American Dream: Spectacle and ­Post-Racial Teleology in U.S. Sports Films (Nathan ­Kalman-Lamb) Rethinking Sports Fetishism in Contemporary African American (Daniel Haxall) About the Contributors Index"

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"Thought-provoking, engaging, and timely, this interdisciplinary collection of essays identifies the historical and contemporary themes at the intersection of race, gender, and sports and offers a path forward.""—Eric Hall, author, Arthur Ashe: Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era"

Thought-provoking, engaging, and timely, this interdisciplinary collection of essays identifies the historical and contemporary themes at the intersection of race, gender, and sports and offers a path forward. -Eric Hall, author, Arthur Ashe: Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era

The chapters in part 2 are particularly strong and indeed timely, given the unprecedented depth and breadth of contemporary activism among African American athletes--in nearly all sports--following George Floyd's death in May of this year. ...recommended --Choice Thought-provoking, engaging, and timely, this interdisciplinary collection of essays identifies the historical and contemporary themes at the intersection of race, gender, and sports and offers a path forward. --Eric Hall, author, Arthur Ashe: Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era

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Drew D. Brown is an assistant professor of African American Studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

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