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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458295203321

Titolo

Out of bounds : racism and the black athlete / / Lori Latrice Martin, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, California : , : Praeger, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-313-39938-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (341 p.)

Collana

Racism in American Institutions

Disciplina

796.089/96073

Soggetti

Racism in sports - United States

African American athletes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Racism and Sports: Theoretical Perspectives; 1. The Black Athlete and the Postracial Myth; 2. Systemic Racism Theory: Critically Examining College Sport Leadership; 3. Using Marketing Theory to Increase African-American Participation with Major League Baseball; 4. Race, In-Group Bias, and Their Influence on Perceptions of Controversial Same-Race and Different-Race Athletes; 5. Racism Front and Center: Introducing the Critical Demography of Athletic Destinations

Part II: Evidence of Racism in College and Professional Sports6. "Jackie Robinson Day": The Contemporary Legacy; 7. Intentional Foul?: Sports Card Values and the (De)valuation of Black Athletes in the NBA, 1989-2009; 8. Black Issues in Higher Education's Arthur Ashe Awards, 1995-2000: Invisible Men and Women (Scholars and Ballers); Part III: Race, Gender, and Media Representations; 9. Dilemmas and Contradictions: Black Female Athletes; 10. William Pope.L's Budapest Crawl and Black Male Sports Bodies in Advertising in the 1990s

11. Armstrong, Bonds, and PEDs: Racial Framing in U.S. Newspapers, 1999-200612. Racial Knowledge about Sport: A Mixed-Method Approach for Investigating Cultural Myths and Stereotypes about African-American Male Athleticism; About the Editor and Contributors;



Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; K; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays highlights the controversies surrounding racism in sports and African American athletes, examining the racial discrimination that exists in one of the most public arenas in the 21st century.