Reconstructing fame [[electronic resource] ] : sport, race, and evolving reputations / / edited by David C. Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen
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Reconstructing fame [[electronic resource] ] : sport, race, and evolving reputations / / edited by David C. Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen
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| Pubblicazione: | Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (165 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 796.089 |
| 796/.089 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Racism in sports - United States - History |
| Athletes - United States - Public opinion | |
| Public opinion - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
OgdenDavid C
RosenJoel Nathan <1961->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Examining Reputations within a Cultural Context; PART I. THE ARCHETYPES; Constructing Banality: The Trivialization of the Jackie Robinson Legacy; Roberto Clemente: From Ignominy to Icon; PART II. THE CHERISHED DEAD; Curt Flood: "Death Is a Slave's Freedom": His Fight against Baseball, History, and White Supremacy; Paul Robeson: Honor and the Politics of Dignity; Remaking an Overlooked Icon: The Reconstruction of Jim Thorpe; PART III. THE LIVING MODELS; Bill Russell: From Revulsion to Resurrection |
| Racing after Smith and Carlos: Revisiting Those Fists Some Forty Years HenceAfterword: The Globalization of Vilification; The Localization of Redemption; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | With contributions by Prosper Godonoo, Urla Hill, C. Richard King, David J. Leonard, Jack Lule, Murry Nelson, David C. Ogden, Robert W. Reising, and Joel Nathan Rosen Reconstructing Fame: Sport, Race, and Evolving Reputations includes essays on Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Curt Flood, Paul Robeson, Jim Thorpe, Bill Russell, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos. The essayists in this volume write about twentieth-century athletes whose careers were affected by racism and whose post-career reputations have improved as society's understanding of race changed. Contributors attempt to clarify the sto |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Reconstructing fame |
| ISBN: | 1-282-94092-9 |
| 9786612940927 | |
| 1-61703-044-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459393803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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