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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785420503321

Titolo

Commodified and criminalized [[electronic resource] ] : new racism and African Americans in contemporary sports / / edited by David J. Leonard and C. Richard King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010

ISBN

1-282-93673-5

9786612936739

1-4422-0679-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (454 p.)

Collana

Perspectives on a multiracial America series

Altri autori (Persone)

LeonardDavid J <1973-> (David Jason)

KingC. Richard <1968->

Disciplina

796.089

Soggetti

Racism in sports - United States

Discrimination in sports - United States

African American athletes

United States Race relations

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; Postscript

Sommario/riassunto

Commodified and Criminalized examines the centrality of sport to discussions of racial ideologies and racist practices in the 21st century. It disputes familiar refrains of racial progress, arguing that athletes sit in a contradictory position masked by the logics of new racism and dominant white racial frames. Contributors discuss athletes ranging from Tiger Woods and Serena Williams to Freddy Adu and Shani Davis.