Commodified and Criminalized

New Racism and African Americans in Contemporary Sports
Herausgeber: King, C. Richard; Leonard, David J.

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Produktbeschreibung

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 contemporary sports culture. The contributors in this provocative collection push the conversation beyond the playing field and beyond the racial landscape of sports culture to explore the connections between sports representations and a broader history of racialized violence.

Produktdetails

• Perspectives on a Multiracial America
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9781442206779
• ISBN-10: 1442206772
• Artikelnr.: 31291114

Autorenporträt

Edited by David J. Leonard and C. Richard King - Contributions by David L. Andrews; C.L Cole; Lisa Guerrero; Samantha King; Kyle W. Kusz; Stacy L. Lorenz; Anoop Mirpuri; Ronald L. Mower; Rod Murray; Jared Sexton; Michael L. Silk and Nancy E. Spencer

Inhaltsangabe

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 Chapter 6: Much Adu About Nothing?
Freddy Adu and Neoliberal Racism in New Millennium America Chapter 7: Me
and Bonnie Blair: Shani Davis, Racial Myths, and the Reiteration of the
Facts of Blackness Chapter 8: The Dennis Rodman of Hockey: Ray Emery and
the Policing of Blackness in the Great White North Chapter 9: Contesting
the Closet: Sheryl Swoopes, Racialized Sexuality, and Media Culture Chapter
10: "Life with no hoop": Black Pride, State Power Postscript: American's
Son? Tiger Woods as Commodification and Criminalization Index Contributors