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Commodified and criminalize...
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 racial frames. Contributors discuss athletes ranging from Tiger Woods and Serena Williams to Freddy Adu and Shani Davis. Through dynamic case studies, Commodified and Criminalized unpacks the conversation between black athletes and colorblind discourse, while challenging the assumptions of contempora
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monografia Rebiun18542059 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun18542059 m o d cr mnu---unuuu 110103s2011 mdu ob 001 0 eng d 9781442206793 1442206799 9781442206786 1442206780 Trade Paper) 9781442206779 1442206772 NT eng pn NT YDXCP OSU CDX OCLCQ TUU OCLCQ TEFOD OCLCF UAB E7B EBLCP MHW DEBSZ NLE OCLCO TEFOD OCLCQ COO OCLCQ D6H AZK CNNLC UNAV 796.089 22 Commodified and criminalized Recurso electrónico] new racism and African Americans in contemporary sports edited by David J. Leonard and C. Richard King Lanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2011 Lanham Lanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers x, 262 p. x, 262 p. EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete Perspectives on a multiracial America series Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice Acknowledgments; Introduction. Celebrities, Commodities, and Criminals: African American Athletes and the Racial Politics of Culture; Chapter 1. America's New Son: Tiger Woods and America's Multiculturalism; Chapter 2. Sister Act VI: Venus and Serena Williams at Indian Wells: "Sincere Fictions" and White Racism; Chapter 3. Ghettocentrism and the Essentialized Black Male Athlete; Chapter 4. Why Can't Kobe Pass (the Ball)? Race and the NBA in an Age of Neoliberalism; Chapter 5. One Nation under a Hoop: Race, Meritocracy, and Messiahs in the NBA 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 racial frames. Contributors discuss athletes ranging from Tiger Woods and Serena Williams to Freddy Adu and Shani Davis. Through dynamic case studies, Commodified and Criminalized unpacks the conversation between black athletes and colorblind discourse, while challenging the assumptions of contempora Forma de acceso: World Wide Web Leonard, David J. King, C. Richard 1968-)