02721nam 2200577 a 450 991046015100332120200520144314.01-283-01180-897866130118001-4399-0730-7(CKB)2670000000067526(EBL)660534(OCoLC)705538176(SSID)ssj0000471648(PQKBManifestationID)11331371(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471648(PQKBWorkID)10428132(PQKB)10816691(MiAaPQ)EBC660534(Au-PeEL)EBL660534(CaPaEBR)ebr10442269(CaONFJC)MIL301180(EXLCZ)99267000000006752620011214d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNew jack jocks[electronic resource] rebels, race, and the American athlete /Larry PlattPhiladelphia Temple University Pressc20021 online resource (207 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-56639-954-8 Contents; Introduction; One: The New Jack Jock; 1. Spree's World; 2. Soul Members; 3. Pat and Allen's Tough Love Adventure; Two: The Anti-Hero; 4. Portrait of an Artist on the Court; 5. No Requiem Necessary; 6. In the Name of the Father; 7. The Unloved; 8. The Round Mound Bids Farewell; Three: The Entrepreneurs; 9. The Graying of Dr. J; 10. Magic Johnson Builds an Empire; 11. The Business of Rebellion; 12. Even the Ball Is White; 13. Jelly Maker; AcknowledgmentsLatrell Sprewell. Allen Iverson. John McEnroe. Even Mohammed Ali and Mike Schmidt and Michael Jordan. These are characters of our national imagination, athletes who stand as symbols of our complex relationship with professional sport. In this erudite and captivating book, bestselling author Larry Platt takes us on a tour through American sports. Offering profiles of the athletes we love (and love to hate), Platt shows that sport, more than any other nationwide pastime, is the way we come to understand-and alter-race relations, gender, and, most profoundly, how we communicate with each otAthletesUnited StatesBiographySportsSocial aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsElectronic books.AthletesSportsSocial aspects306.4/83/08996073Platt Larry1033880MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460151003321New jack jocks2452669UNINA