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Serving Herself

The Life and Times of Althea Gibson

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Produktbeschreibung

Serving Herself is a comprehensive biography of Althea Gibson, one of the most important figures in African American women's sports history and one of the preeminent athletes of the twentieth century. Offering a portrait of the life and career of a complicated and unconventional figure, this book shows how Gibson reaped rewards as well as remonstrances for her extraordinary sports achievements and life-long defiance of social norms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 616
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 167mm x 242mm x 49mm
• Gewicht: 930g
• ISBN-13: 9780197551752
• ISBN-10: 0197551750
• Artikelnr.: 64446627

Autorenporträt

Ashley Brown is Assistant Professor and the Allan H. Selig Chair in the History of Sport and Society at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an expert on sport history, women's history, and African American history.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Coming Up the Hard Way
Chapter 2 A Queer Cosmopolitan
Chapter 3 The Making of a Strong Black (Woman) Contender in the South
Chapter 4 From Florida AandM to Forest Hills
Chapter 5 Dis/Integration
Chapter 6 Resurfacing
Chapter 7 Press(ing) Matters
Chapter 8 Changeover
Chapter 9 Finding Fault with a Winner
Chapter 10 Game Over
Chapter 11 New Frontiers
Chapter 12 A Winner Who Hasnt Won Yet
Chapter 13 The Harvest
Chapter 14 Two Deaths
Notes
Bibliography
Index