{"product_id":"sports-in-african-american-life-9781476669649","title":"Sports in African American Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   African Americans have made substantial contributions to the sporting world, and vice versa. This wide-ranging collection of new essays explores the inextricable ties between sports and African American life and culture. Contributors critically address important topics such as the historical context of African American participation in major U.S. sports, social justice and responsibility, gender and identity, and media and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThought-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, \u003ci\u003eArthur Ashe: Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction (Drew D. Brown)\u003cbr\u003ePart I: History\u003cbr\u003eWe Were Better Runners: African American Women \u003cbr\u003eand the Summer Olympics, 1932–1948 (Stanley Keith Arnold)\u003cbr\u003eSporting Congregations: The Foundation of Black College \u003cbr\u003eFootball (Derrick E. White)\u003cbr\u003eFrom Chitlins to Championships: Limited Opportunities for African American Professional Wrestlers (Kevin Hogg)\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Social Justice and Responsibility\u003cbr\u003eSocial Justice and Black Basketball: Playing the Game\u003cbr\u003eand Off the Court (Demetrius W. Pearson)\u003cbr\u003eSocial Responsibility and Accountability: Dr. Harry Edwards \u003cbr\u003eand the Paradox of the Black Male College Athlete (Fritz G. Polite and Jeremai E. Santiago)\u003cbr\u003eAfrican American Sport Activism and Broader Social Movements\u003cbr\u003e(Joseph N. Cooper, Michael Mallery, Jr., and Charles D.T. Macaulay)\u003cbr\u003eRefusing to Play Their Games! A Fanonian Analysis and Robesonian Proposition on Sports, Race and Divestment (Miciah Z. Yehudah)\u003cbr\u003ePart Iii: Gender and Identity\u003cbr\u003eBlack Women's Sports Experiences Beyond the Game (F. Michelle Richardson and Akilah R. ­Carter-Francique)\u003cbr\u003eThe Stories of Boobie Miles and Rysheed Jordan: How the \u003cbr\u003eInstitution of Sports Is Failing Black Male Athletes (Drew D. Brown and Christina Kanu)\u003cbr\u003e\"Man up\": Sport, Masculinity and African American Communities (Bruce Lee Hazelwood)\u003cbr\u003ePart IV: Media and\u003cbr\u003eIdentity Construction: Media, Myth and Perception in Football Recruiting (Travis R. Bell)\u003cbr\u003eThe (African) American Dream: Spectacle and ­Post-Racial Teleology in U.S. Sports Films (Nathan ­Kalman-Lamb)\u003cbr\u003eRethinking Sports Fetishism in Contemporary African American\u003cbr\u003e(Daniel Haxall) \u003cbr\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040421413207,"sku":"9781476669649","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476669649.jpg?v=1750946695","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sports-in-african-american-life-9781476669649","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}