Level Playing Field - African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports

Zusammenfassung The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports! and our deeper! often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other! invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event?

Product details

• Authors: Gerald L. Early, GeraldL Early, Early Gerald L.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.04.2011
• EAN: 9780674050983
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05098-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Alain Locke Lecture Series; Alain Locke Lecture Series
• Subjects: Guides > Sport; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays, Sport: general, United States of America, USA, Sociology & anthropology, Sports and Active outdoor recreation