Out of Bounds (eBook, ePUB)

Racism and the Black Athlete
Redaktion: Martin, Lori Latrice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays highlights the controversies surrounding racism in sports and African American athletes, examining the racial discrimination that exists in one of the most public arenas in the 21st century. Despite increasing diversity in the American population, race and racial bias continue to be significant issues in the United States. Sports-one of the most visible and important subsets of American culture-directly reflect our society's beliefs about race. This book examines racial controversy and conflict in various sports in the United States in both previous eras as well as the current "Age of Obama." The essays in the work explain how racial ideologies are created and recreated in all areas of public life, including the world of sports. The authors address a wide range of sports, including ones where racial minorities are in the numerical minority, such as hockey. Specific topics covered include the devaluation of black athletes, racism in Major League Baseball, and the treatment of black female athletes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216126133
• Artikelnr.: 68168019

Autorenporträt

Lori Latrice Martin, PhD, is associate professor of sociology and African and African American studies at Louisiana State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Foreword Brian D. Behnken Acknowledgments Introduction Lori Latrice
Martin Part I: Racism and Sports: Theoretical Perspectives 1. The Black
Athlete and the Postracial Myth Lori Latrice Martin 2. Systemic Racism
Theory: Critically Examining College Sport Leadership Michael Regan, Akilah
R. Carter-Francique, and Joe R. Feagin 3. Using Marketing Theory to
Increase African-American Participation with Major League Baseball John A.
Fortunato and Jerome D. Williams 4. Race, In-Group Bias, and Their
Influence on Perceptions of Controversial Same-Race and Different-Race
Athletes Joshua B. Dickhaus and Lance Kinney 5. Racism Front and Center:
Introducing the Critical Demography of Athletic Destinations Lori Latrice
Martin and Hayward Derrick Horton Part II: Evidence of Racism in College
and Professional Sports 6. "Jackie Robinson Day": The Contemporary Legacy
David Naze 7. Intentional Foul?: Sports Card Values and the (De)valuation
of Black Athletes in the NBA, 1989-2009 Wade P. Smith, Eric Primm, and
Valerie R. Stackman 8. Black Issues in Higher Education's Arthur Ashe
Awards, 1995-2000: Invisible Men and Women (Scholars and Ballers) C. Keith
Harrison Part III: Race, Gender, and Media Representations 9. Dilemmas and
Contradictions: Black Female Athletes David J. Leonard 10. William Pope.L's
Budapest Crawl and Black Male Sports Bodies in Advertising in the 1990s
Tiffany E. Barber 11. Armstrong, Bonds, and PEDs: Racial Framing in U.S.
Newspapers, 1999-2006 Jennifer Greer and Christopher Murray 12. Racial
Knowledge about Sport: A Mixed-Method Approach for Investigating Cultural
Myths and Stereotypes about African-American Male Athleticism C. Keith
Harrison, Suzanne Malia Kirkland, Louis Harrison, Larry Proctor, and
Quentin G. Love About the Editor and Contributors Index