LEADER 03779nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910784212203321 005 20230207225509.0 010 $a1-281-36861-X 010 $a9786611368616 010 $a1-4039-8045-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342862 035 $a(EBL)307887 035 $a(OCoLC)314821705 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000177882 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169750 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177882 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10221515 035 $a(PQKB)10765159 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8045-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307887 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307887 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135723 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136861 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342862 100 $a20041209d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aIn the game$b[electronic resource] $erace, identity, and sports in the twentieth century /$fedited by Amy Bass 205 $a1st ed. 2005. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (282 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-349-52905-2 311 $a1-4039-6570-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Introduction: "No Compromise with Slavery! No Union with Slaveholders," or "Who was the Last Team to Integrate?"; Part I Heroes; 1 "Richie" Allen, Whitey's Ways, and Me: A Political Education in the 1960's; 2 In Sports the Best Man Wins: How Joe Louis Whupped Jim Crow; Part II Fans; 3 Race and Silence in Argentine Football; 4 Reading and Rereading the Game: Reflections on West Indies Cricket; 5 Wa a o, wa ba ski na me ska ta!: "Indian" Mascots and the Pathology of Anti-Indigenous Racism; Part III Aesthetics; 6 Backfield in Motion: The Transformation of the NFL by Black Culture 327 $a7 The Harmonizing Nation: Mexico and the 1968 Olympics Part IV Futures; 8 Courtside: Race and Basketball in the Works of John Edgar Wideman; 9 The Stepping Stone: Larry Holmes, Gerry Cooney, and Rocky; Contributors; Index; 330 $aTalking about race and sports almost always leads to trouble. Rush Limbaugh's stint as an NFL commentator came to an abrupt end when he made some off-handed comments about the Philadelphia Eagles' black quarterback, Donovan McNabb. Ask a simple question along these lines - 'Why do African Americans dominate the NBA?' - and watch the sparks fly. It is precisely this flashpoint that the contributors to this volume seek to explore. Professional and amateur sports wield a tremendous amount of cultural power in the United States and around the world, and racial, ethnic, and national identities are often played out through them. In the Game collects essays by top thinkers on race that survey this treacherous terrain. They engage fascinating topics like race and cricket in the West Indies, how black culture shaped the NFL in the 1970's, the famed black-on-white Cooney/Holmes boxing bout, and American Indian mascots for sports teams. 606 $aRacism in sports$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aDiscrimination in sports$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aSports$xSocial aspects$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aEthnic relations$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aRacism in sports$xHistory 615 0$aDiscrimination in sports$xHistory 615 0$aSports$xSocial aspects$xHistory 615 0$aEthnic relations$xHistory 676 $a796/.089 701 $aBass$b Amy$01475350 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784212203321 996 $aIn the game$93858677 997 $aUNINA