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Record Nr.

UNINA9910650865203321

Autore

Klugman Matthew

Titolo

Black and proud : the story of an iconic AFL photo / / Matthew Klugman and Gary Osmond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, New South Wales : , : NewSouth, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-74224-166-2

1-74224-667-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

796.0922

Soggetti

Discrimination in sports - Australia

Football fans - Social aspects - Australia

Race discrimination - Australia

Australian football - Tournaments

Athletes, Aboriginal Australian

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PROLOGUE; 1. Agitating for change; 2. Growing up in different Australias; 3. Formative moments; 4. Rising concerns; 5. The match; 6. The gesture and the photos; 7. The response; 8. The next step; 9. The life and burdens of an iconic image; EPILOGUE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; IMAGE CREDITS; Index

Sommario/riassunto

It is one of Australia's most iconic images. On 17 April 1993, the Indigenous AFL footballer Nicky Winmar stood up against racial abuse and made history. Facing the Collingwood crowd that had taunted him all day the St Kilda player pulled up his shirt, pointed to his chest and declared: 'I'm black and I'm proud to be black'. Published the next day, the photos of Winmar's gesture sparked an intense debate that forced the AFL, the fans and the nation to confront their prejudices head-on. Black and Proud takes us behind the searing image to the stories of those who made it happen - the Indigenous