Native athletes in sport & society [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / edited by C. Richard King

• Pubblicazione: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Disciplina: 796/.089/97
• Soggetto topico: Indian athletes - United States - History; Indians of North America - Sports - History; Indians of North America - Social conditions
• Altri autori: KingC. Richard <1968->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Identities, Opportunities, Inequities: An Introduction""; ""1. Negotiating a Native American Identity through Sport: Assimilation, Adaptation, and the Role of the Trickster""; ""2. “Looking Backwardâ€?: The Life and Legend of Louis Francis Sockalexis""; ""3. World Champions: The 1904 Girlsâ€? Basketball Team from Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School""; ""4. “Winnebago Is a Great Nation!â€?: George Howard Johnsonâ€?s Life in Baseball""; ""5. The Forgotten Irish Indian: Ethnicity, Class, and Football in the Life of Tommy Yarr"" ; ""6. Playing Football, Playing Indian: A History of the Native Americans Who Were the NFLâ€?s Oorang Indians""""7. Womenâ€?s Basketball on the Navajo Nation: The Shiprock Cardinals, 1960-1980""; ""8. An Examination of Sport for Aboriginal Females on the Six Nations Reserve, 1968-1980""; ""9. SuAnne Big Crow: Her Legend and Legacy""; ""10. A Notable Exception: Notes on Notah Begay, Race, and Sports""; ""11. No Fall from Grace: Grace Thorpeâ€?s Athlete of the Century Campaign for Her Father""; ""Epilogue""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
• Titolo autorizzato: Native athletes in sport & society
• ISBN: 1-280-37467-5; 9786610374670; 0-8032-5203-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777685103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II