{"product_id":"a-legacy-of-african-american-resistance-and-activism-through-sport-9781433184987","title":"A Legacy of African American Resistance and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, there has been increased attention garnered toward activism in sport within the United States. In 2016, Colin Kaepernick's activist act of taking a knee during the national anthem before National Football League games sparked a nationwide debate on the intersection of sports, race, and politics. Kaepernick's actions were a part of a long lineage of activism in and through sport. Prior accounts of African American activism in and through sport have been limited in the following eight areas: (1) primarily focused on one type of activism (e.g., symbolic protests\/boycotts); (2) a lack of differentiation between activism and borderline activist actions (e.g., agency, pioneering, and advocacy); (3) a lack of emphasis on hybrid resistance; (4) a focus on athletes and teams versus sportspersons (i.e., media, scholars, business leaders, and community members) and institutions (i.e., historically Black colleges and universities, athletic programs, and conferences) more broadl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Tables – Acknowledgments – Introduction – A Sociohistorical Overview of African American Resistance in the United States – Theoretical Foundations for Understanding African American Resistance in and through Sport – \u003ci\u003eComplexity and Contingency\u003c\/i\u003e: Borderline Activism and Hybrid Resistance in and beyond Sport – \u003ci\u003e(Un)Popular Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e: Public Demonstrations and Sport as a Platform for Activism – \u003ci\u003eResistance in Sport\u003c\/i\u003e: The Pursuit of Institutional Reform – \u003ci\u003eResistance through Sport\u003c\/i\u003e: The Pursuit of Social Justice and Societal Change – The Future of African American Resistance in and through Sport – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039680594263,"sku":"9781433184987","price":33.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-legacy-of-african-american-resistance-and-activism-through-sport-9781433184987","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}