Commodified and Criminalized - New Racism and African Americans in Contemporary Sports

Informationen zum Autor Edited by David J. Leonard and C. Richard King - Contributions by David L. Andrews; C.L Cole; Lisa Guerrero; Samantha King; Kyle W. Kusz; Stacy L. Lorenz; Anoop Mirpuri; Ronald L. Mower; Rod Murray; Jared Sexton; Michael L. Silk and Nancy E. Spencer Klappentext Commodified and Criminalized examines the centrality of sport to discussions of racial ideologies and racist practices in the 21st century. It disputes familiar refrains of racial progress, arguing that athletes sit in a contradictory position masked by the logics of new racism and dominant white racial frames. Contributors discuss athletes ranging from Tiger Woods and Serena Williams to Freddy Adu and Shani Davis. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Celebrities, Commodities, and Criminals: African American Athletes and the Racial Politics of CultureChapter 1: America's New Son: Tiger Woods and America's MulticulturalismChapter 2: Sister Act VI: Venus and Serena Williams at Indian Wells: "Sincere Fictions" and White RacismChapter 3: Ghettocentrism and the Essentialized Black Male AthleteChapter 4: Why Can't Kobe Pass (the Ball)? Race and the NBA in an Age of NeoliberalismChapter 5: One Nation Under a Hoop: Race, Meritocracy, and Messiahs in the NBAChapter 6: Much Adu About Nothing? Freddy Adu and Neoliberal Racism in New Millennium AmericaChapter 7: Me and Bonnie Blair: Shani Davis, Racial Myths, and the Reiteration of the Facts of BlacknessChapter 8: The Dennis Rodman of Hockey: Ray Emery and the Policing of Blackness in the Great White NorthChapter 9: Contesting the Closet: Sheryl Swoopes, Racialized Sexuality, and Media CultureChapter 10: "Life with no hoop": Black Pride, State PowerPostscript: American's Son? Tiger Woods as Commodification and CriminalizationIndexContributors

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• Authors: David Leonard, David J. (EDT)/ King Leonard, David J. King Leonard
• Assisted by: C Richard King (Editor), C. Richard King (Editor), Professor C. Richard King (Editor), David J Leonard (Editor), David J. Leonard (Editor), Leonard David J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2010
• EAN: 9781442206779
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0677-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Perspectives on a Multiracial America; Perspectives on a Multiracial; Perspectives on a Multiracial America; Perspectives on a Multiracial
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, United States of America, USA, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General