{"product_id":"passing-the-baton-9780252085383","title":"Passing the Baton","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What makes this book a priceless contribution to the field of sport history is Ariail's argument that the athletic victories of Black women in track and field surpassed the sports stage and directly impacted political relationships with the Unites States and forged America's image. . . . I highly recommend this book as it intermingles foreign politics, American values, and challenges experienced by Black women in track and field seeking to reach the epitome of athleticism.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of Sport History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ariail's intersectional analysis of race and gender is detailed in explication of white and Black press representations of--as well as coaches', track-and-field officials', and politicians' public statements about--Black women track and field athletes. . . . \u003ci\u003ePassing the Baton\u003c\/i\u003e is an important reconsideration of Black women athletes' physical and representational performances as ideological work equivalent to other cultural workers and civil rights leaders.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e​\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePassing the Baton\u003c\/i\u003e is engaging, optimistic, and unsentimental--it elucidates a rarely discussed period of American athletic history and thus offers much value to any demographic.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of African American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cat Ariail's \u003ci\u003ePassing the Baton\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful and engaged study that brings a focus on the personal to the scholarship focused on the importance of track stars to the development of a Cold War sporting culture in the United States. . . . Ariail's attention to uncovering and illuminating the voices of these young track stars invigorates her study and provides a detailed understanding of how Black women moved in spaces that were defined by whiteness and masculinity.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of African American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A worthwhile addition to public-library collections on Black American sports, Olympic history, and gender studies.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ariail pinpoints how important the women of track and field were to changing opinions in both white and black communities about the accomplishments of women of color. But she also powerfully argues that this story does not end with victory. Rather, she reminds us how much work gender did (and does) to undergird racism.\"--Katherine C. Mooney, author of \u003ci\u003eRace Horse Men: How Slavery and Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cp\u003e Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1. Raising the Bar: Alice Coachman and the Boundaries of Postwar American Identity, 1946-1948\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2. Sprints of Citizenship: Identity Politics and Black Women’s Athleticism, 1951-1952\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3. Passing the Baton Toward Belonging: Mae Faggs and the Making of the Americanness of Black American Track Women, 1954-1956\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 4. Winning as American Women: The Heteronormativity of Black Women Athletic Heroines, 1958-1960\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 5. “Olympian Quintessence”: Wilma Rudolph, Athletic Femininity, and American Iconicity, 1960-1962\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Conclusion. The Precarity of the Baton Pass: Race, Gender, and the Enduring Barriers to American Belonging\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Notes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400516837719,"sku":"9780252085383","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252085383.jpg?v=1730470873","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/passing-the-baton-9780252085383","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}