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Commodified and criminalized : new racism and African Americans in contemporary sports /

Commodified and Criminalized examines the centrality of sport to discussions of racial ideologies and racist practices in the 21st century. It disputes familiar refrains of racial progress, arguing that athletes sit in a contradictory position masked by the logics of new racism and dominant white ra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Leonard, David J. (David Jason), 1973-, King, C. Richard, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011.
Colección:Perspectives on a multiracial America series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • America's new son: Tiger Woods and America's multiculturalism / C.L. Cole, David L. Andrews
  • Sister Act VI: Venus and Serena Williams at Indian Wells: "sincere fictions" and white racism / Nancy E. Spencer
  • Ghettocentrism and the essentialized black male athlete / David L. Andrews, Ronald L. Mower, Michael L. Silk
  • Why can't Kobe pass (the ball)? Race and the NBA in an age of neoliberalism / Anoop Mirpuri
  • One nation under a hoop: race, meritocracy, and messiahs in the NBA / Lisa Guerrero
  • Much Adu about nothing? Freddy Adu and neoliberal racism in new millennium America / Kyle W. Kusz
  • Me and Bonnie Blair: Shani Davis, racial myths, and the reiteration of the facts of blackness / C. Richard King
  • The Dennis Rodman of hockey: Ray Emery and the policing of blackness in the Great White North / Stacy L. Lorenz, Rod Murray
  • Contesting the closet: Sheryl Swoopes, racialized sexuality, and media culture / Samantha King
  • "Life with no hoop": Black Pride, state power / Jared Sexton.