{"product_id":"sports-matters-9780814798829","title":"Sports Matters","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSports Matters brings critical attention to the centrality of race within the politics and pleasures of the massive sports culture that developed in the U.S. during the past century and a half.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Most of the contributions strongly project the authors' perceptions of the role of race on their subjects, and essays should elicit lively discussions in the classroom.\" --CHOICE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Sports in the Era of Segregation     1 Duke Kahanamoku's Body     2 Jump for Joy     3 Baseball along the Columbia   4 Mexican American Baseball  II Sports in the Era of the Civil Rights Movement     5 Jazzing the Basepaths     6 The Unbearable Whiteness of Skiing     7 \"We Want a Pennant, Not a White Team\"   8 Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars?    9 Documenting Myth   III Sports and Race in the Post-Cold War Era  10 The Silence of the Rams     11 Warriors and Thieves     12 Running with Her Head Down     13 Saving Face, Place, and Race     14 Race in Soccer as a Global Sport     15 Tiger Woods at the Center of History","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405921329495,"sku":"9780814798829","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814798829.jpg?v=1730493911","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sports-matters-9780814798829","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}