Sporting World of the Modern South

Name: Sporting World of the Modern South
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ISBN: 9780252070365

ISBN-10: 0252070364

ISBN-13: 9780252070365

Edition: 2002

Authors: Patrick B. Miller

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"Engaging a medley of perspectives and methodologies, The Sporting World of the Modern South examines how sports map the social, political, and cultural landscapes of the modern South.In essays on the ""backcountry"" fighter stereotypes portrayed in modern professional wrestling and the significance of Crimson Tide coaching legend Paul ""Bear"" Bryant for white Alabamians, contributors explore the symbols that have shaped southern regional identities since the Civil War. Other essays tackle gender and race relations in intercollegiate athletics, uncover the roles athletic competitions played in desegregating the South, and address the popularity of NASCAR in the southern states.Pairing the…

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List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 3/14/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction




The Transformation of Southern Sport: Gender, Class, and Some Meanings of Modernity



The Manly, the Moral, and the Proficient: College Sport in the New South




Baseball, the Lost Cause, and the New South in Richmond, Virginia




"Dear Sisters" and "Hated Rivals": Athletics and Gender at Two New South Women's Colleges, 1893-1920




Turning the Tide: College Football and Southern Progressivism




Race Relations and Southern Sport: Athletics "Behind the Veil" and the Process of Desegregation



To "Bring the Race Along Rapidly": Sport, Student Culture, and Educational Mission at Historically Black Colleges during the Interwar Years




"We Were Ladies, We Just Played Like Boys": African American Women and Competitive Basketball at Bennett College, 1928-42




Integrating New Year's Day: The Racial Politics of College Bowl Games in the American South




Baseball's Reluctant Challenge: Desegregating Major League Spring Training Sites, 1961-64




"Something More Than the Game Will Be Lost": The 1963 Mississippi State Basketball Controversy and the Repeal of the Unwritten Law




Myths, Symbols, and Stereotypes in Southern Sport: The Shaping of a Regional Identity



An Atheist in Alabama Is Someone Who Doesn't Believe in Bear Bryant: A Symbol for an Embattled South




"The Tennessee Test of Manhood": Professional Wrestling and Southern Cultural Stereotypes




The King, the Young Prince, and the Last Confederate Soldier: NASCAR on the Cusp




Manhood, Memory, and White Men's Sports in the American South



Contributors


Index