LEADER 02668oam 2200565 a 450 001 9910785593703321 005 20231023201509.0 010 $a1-283-01180-8 010 $a9786613011800 010 $a1-4399-0730-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000067526 035 $a(EBL)660534 035 $a(OCoLC)705538176 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000471648 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11331371 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471648 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10428132 035 $a(PQKB)10816691 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL660534 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10442269 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL301180 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC660534 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000067526 100 $a20011214h20022002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNew jack jocks $erebels, race, and the American athlete /$fLarry Platt 210 1$aPhiladelphia :$cTemple University Press,$d2002. 210 4$dİ2002 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 196 pages) 311 0 $a1-56639-954-8 327 $aContents; 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; Acknowledgments 330 $aLatrell 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 ot 606 $aAthletes$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aSports$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 615 0$aAthletes 615 0$aSports$xSocial aspects 676 $a306.4/83/08996073 700 $aPlatt$b Larry$01476109 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785593703321 996 $aNew jack jocks$93690512 997 $aUNINA