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A Level Playing Field : African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Alain Locke Lecture SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (282 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674060869
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Level Playing FieldDDC classification:
  • 796.092/2
LOC classification:
  • GV583
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Leveling the Playing Field -- Chapter 1. When Worlds Collide: Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson, Harry Truman, and the Korean War -- Chapter 2. Curt Flood, Gratitude, and the Image of Baseball -- Chapter 3. Donovan McNabb, Rush Limbaugh, and the Making of the Black Quarterback -- Part II. Heroism and the Republic of Sports -- Chapter 4. American Integration, Black Heroism, and the Meaning of Jackie Robinson -- Chapter 5. Performance and Reality: Race, Sports, and the Modern World -- Chapter 6. Where Have We Gone, Mr. Robinson? -- Notes.
Summary: The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event?.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Leveling the Playing Field -- Chapter 1. When Worlds Collide: Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson, Harry Truman, and the Korean War -- Chapter 2. Curt Flood, Gratitude, and the Image of Baseball -- Chapter 3. Donovan McNabb, Rush Limbaugh, and the Making of the Black Quarterback -- Part II. Heroism and the Republic of Sports -- Chapter 4. American Integration, Black Heroism, and the Meaning of Jackie Robinson -- Chapter 5. Performance and Reality: Race, Sports, and the Modern World -- Chapter 6. Where Have We Gone, Mr. Robinson? -- Notes.

The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event?.

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