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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796825303321

Autore

Farred Grant

Titolo

The burden of over-representation : race, sport, and philosophy / / Grant Farred

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia : , : Temple University Press, , 2018

ISBN

1-4399-1144-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages)

Classificazione

SPO000000SPO003030PHI035000

Disciplina

796.01

Soggetti

Sports - Philosophy

Racism in sports

Nationalism in sports

SPORTS & RECREATION / General

SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History

PHILOSOPHY / Essays

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the Algerian philosopher and the burden of over-representation -- Stupid bastards : conciliation, the act of first encounter -- Thank you, in (a) sense -- I think I saw Jacques Derrida at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book probes the cultural forces and legacies at play in three events in sports history, exploring how racial, national, sporting, and personal identities overlap and conflict. The author taps into a deep well of Western philosophy and literature to read the resonances in these three moments"--