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Jack Johnson, rebel sojourner [[electronic resource] ] : boxing in the shadow of the global color line / / Theresa Runstedtler



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Autore: Runstedtler Theresa Visualizza persona
Titolo: Jack Johnson, rebel sojourner [[electronic resource] ] : boxing in the shadow of the global color line / / Theresa Runstedtler Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
Disciplina: 796.83092
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Soggetto topico: Boxers (Sports) - United States
African American boxers
Boxing - United States - History
Racism in sports
Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations History
Soggetto non controllato: 20th century
american history
black athletes
cape town
engaging
famous african americans
famous boxers
fighting
fights
gender roles
global color line
havana
history
human condition
interracial love
jack johnson
london
masculinity
mexico city
nonfiction
paris
race historians
racism
rebel sojourner
retrospective
slave descendants
social history
sports biographies
sports historians
sydney
texas
white supremacy
world heavyweight champion
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Embodying Empire -- 2. White Censors, Dark Screens: The Jeffries-Johnson Fight Film Controversy -- 3. Jack Johnson versus John Bull: The Rise of the British Boxing Colour Bar -- 4. The Black Atlantic from Below: African American Boxers and the Search for Exile -- 5. Trading Race: Black Bodies and French Regeneration -- 6. Viva Johnson! Fighting over Race in the Americas -- 7. The Empire Strikes Back: The "French Jack Johnson" and the Rising Tide of Color -- Epilogue: Visible Men, Harmless Icons -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: In his day, Jack Johnson-born in Texas, the son of former slaves-was the most famous black man on the planet. As the first African American World Heavyweight Champion (1908-1915), he publicly challenged white supremacy at home and abroad, enjoying the same audacious lifestyle of conspicuous consumption, masculine bravado, and interracial love wherever he traveled. Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner provides the first in-depth exploration of Johnson's battles against the color line in places as far-flung as Sydney, London, Cape Town, Paris, Havana, and Mexico City. In relating this dramatic story, Theresa Runstedtler constructs a global history of race, gender, and empire in the early twentieth century.
Titolo autorizzato: Jack Johnson, rebel sojourner  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-11671-4
9786613521002
0-520-95228-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790020803321
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Serie: American crossroads ; ; 33.