African Americans have made substantial contributions to the sporting world, and vice versa. This wide-ranging collection of new essays explores the inextricable ties between sports and African American life and culture. Contributors critically address important topics such as the historical context of African American participation in major U.S. sports, social justice and responsibility, gender and identity, and media and art.
African Americans have made substantial contributions to the sporting world, and vice versa. This wide-ranging collection of new essays explores the inextricable ties between sports and African American life and culture. Contributors critically address important topics such as the historical context of African American participation in major U.S. sports, social justice and responsibility, gender and identity, and media and art.
Drew D. Brown is an assistant professor of African American Studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Inhaltsangabe
Table of Contents Introduction (Drew D. Brown) Part I: History We Were Better Runners: African American Women and the Summer Olympics, 1932-1948 (Stanley Keith Arnold) Sporting Congregations: The Foundation of Black College Football (Derrick E. White) From Chitlins to Championships: Limited Opportunities for African American Professional Wrestlers (Kevin Hogg) Part II: Social Justice and Responsibility Social Justice and Black Basketball: Playing the Game and Off the Court (Demetrius W. Pearson) Social Responsibility and Accountability: Dr. Harry Edwards and the Paradox of the Black Male College Athlete (Fritz G. Polite and Jeremai E. Santiago) African American Sport Activism and Broader Social Movements (Joseph N. Cooper, Michael Mallery, Jr., and Charles D.T. Macaulay) Refusing to Play Their Games! A Fanonian Analysis and Robesonian Proposition on Sports, Race and Divestment (Miciah Z. Yehudah) Part Iii: Gender and Identity Black Women's Sports Experiences Beyond the Game (F. Michelle Richardson and Akilah R. Carter-Francique) The Stories of Boobie Miles and Rysheed Jordan: How the Institution of Sports Is Failing Black Male Athletes (Drew D. Brown and Christina Kanu) "Man up": Sport, Masculinity and African American Communities (Bruce Lee Hazelwood) Part IV: Media and Identity Construction: Media, Myth and Perception in Football Recruiting (Travis R. Bell) The (African) American Dream: Spectacle and Post-Racial Teleology in U.S. Sports Films (Nathan Kalman-Lamb) Rethinking Sports Fetishism in Contemporary African American (Daniel Haxall) About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Introduction (Drew D. Brown) Part I: History We Were Better Runners: African American Women and the Summer Olympics, 1932-1948 (Stanley Keith Arnold) Sporting Congregations: The Foundation of Black College Football (Derrick E. White) From Chitlins to Championships: Limited Opportunities for African American Professional Wrestlers (Kevin Hogg) Part II: Social Justice and Responsibility Social Justice and Black Basketball: Playing the Game and Off the Court (Demetrius W. Pearson) Social Responsibility and Accountability: Dr. Harry Edwards and the Paradox of the Black Male College Athlete (Fritz G. Polite and Jeremai E. Santiago) African American Sport Activism and Broader Social Movements (Joseph N. Cooper, Michael Mallery, Jr., and Charles D.T. Macaulay) Refusing to Play Their Games! A Fanonian Analysis and Robesonian Proposition on Sports, Race and Divestment (Miciah Z. Yehudah) Part Iii: Gender and Identity Black Women's Sports Experiences Beyond the Game (F. Michelle Richardson and Akilah R. Carter-Francique) The Stories of Boobie Miles and Rysheed Jordan: How the Institution of Sports Is Failing Black Male Athletes (Drew D. Brown and Christina Kanu) "Man up": Sport, Masculinity and African American Communities (Bruce Lee Hazelwood) Part IV: Media and Identity Construction: Media, Myth and Perception in Football Recruiting (Travis R. Bell) The (African) American Dream: Spectacle and Post-Racial Teleology in U.S. Sports Films (Nathan Kalman-Lamb) Rethinking Sports Fetishism in Contemporary African American (Daniel Haxall) About the Contributors Index
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