A Level Playing Field : African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports.
Early, Gerald L.
A Level Playing Field : African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (282 pages) - Alain Locke Lecture Series . - Alain Locke Lecture Series .
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?.
9780674060869
African American athletes-History.
Sports-United States-History.
Discrimination in sports-United States-History.
African American athletes-Social conditions.
Electronic books.
GV583
796.092/2
A Level Playing Field : African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (282 pages) - Alain Locke Lecture Series . - Alain Locke Lecture Series .
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?.
9780674060869
African American athletes-History.
Sports-United States-History.
Discrimination in sports-United States-History.
African American athletes-Social conditions.
Electronic books.
GV583
796.092/2