Curt Flood in the media [[electronic resource] ] : baseball, race, and the demise of the activist-athlete / / Abraham Iqbal Khan

• Autore: Khan Abraham Iqbal
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Disciplina: 796.357092; B
• Soggetto topico: African American baseball players; Baseball - Law and legislation - United States; Discrimination in sports - United States; Free agents (Sports) - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Curt Flood and the Demise of the Activist-Athlete; 2. Curt Flood's Public Case; 3. Jackie Robinson and the Rhetoric of the Black Press; 4. The Disappearance of Curt Flood's Blackness; 5. Race, Slavery, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete; 6. Race and Memory in Sport's Public Sphere; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: Curt Flood in the Media examines the public discourse surrounding Curt Flood (1938-1997), the star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals throughout the sixties. In 1969, Flood was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. At the time, all Major League Baseball players were subject to the reserve clause, which essentially bound a player to work in perpetuity for his original team, unless traded for another player or sold for cash, in which case he worked under the same reserve conditions for the next team.Flood refused the trade on a matter of principle, arguing that Major League Baseball had v
• Titolo autorizzato: Curt Flood in the media
• ISBN: 1-62103-256-6; 1-283-62968-2; 9786613942135; 1-61703-139-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788262803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Race, rhetoric, and media series.