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UNINA9910459393803321 |
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Titolo |
Reconstructing fame [[electronic resource] ] : sport, race, and evolving reputations / / edited by David C. Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-94092-9 |
9786612940927 |
1-61703-044-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (165 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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OgdenDavid C |
RosenJoel Nathan <1961-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Racism in sports - United States - History |
Athletes - United States - Public opinion |
Public opinion - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Examining Reputations within a Cultural Context; PART I. THE ARCHETYPES; Constructing Banality: The Trivialization of the Jackie Robinson Legacy; Roberto Clemente: From Ignominy to Icon; PART II. THE CHERISHED DEAD; Curt Flood: "Death Is a Slave's Freedom": His Fight against Baseball, History, and White Supremacy; Paul Robeson: Honor and the Politics of Dignity; Remaking an Overlooked Icon: The Reconstruction of Jim Thorpe; PART III. THE LIVING MODELS; Bill Russell: From Revulsion to Resurrection |
Racing after Smith and Carlos: Revisiting Those Fists Some Forty Years HenceAfterword: The Globalization of Vilification; The Localization of Redemption; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With contributions by Prosper Godonoo, Urla Hill, C. Richard King, David J. Leonard, Jack Lule, Murry Nelson, David C. Ogden, Robert W. Reising, and Joel Nathan Rosen Reconstructing Fame: Sport, Race, and |
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Evolving Reputations includes essays on Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Curt Flood, Paul Robeson, Jim Thorpe, Bill Russell, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos. The essayists in this volume write about twentieth-century athletes whose careers were affected by racism and whose post-career reputations have improved as society's understanding of race changed. Contributors attempt to clarify the sto |
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