Ballers of the New School Race and Sports in America

Name: Ballers of the New School Race and Sports in America
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ISBN: 9780883783115

ISBN-10: 0883783118

ISBN-13: 9780883783115

Edition: 2010

Authors: Thabiti Lewis

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"Ballers of the New School" uses American sports culture to challenge and explore notions of race in America. Dr. Lewis pushes back against topics such as anti-intellectualism, jingoism, and exploitation in collegiate athletics, as well as the role of sports culture in cultivating notions of masculinity. The book fearlessly critiques and challenges the notion that sports culture has altruistically functioned as a progressive pioneer of social and racial progress and offers a reexamination of the narrative of American sport as a leading contributor to racial progress by pointing to glass ceilings in areas of leadership on and off fields of play. The reconstructions as well as challenges to…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Third World Press
Publication date: 11/30/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 5.80" wide x 8.70" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Pregame


Introduction: Race and Sport in America


First Half



A Letter to My Cousin



Ballers in Contemporary America



Original Ballers and New School Ballers



Where the Brothers and Sisters At?


Second Half



Big Pimpin' in Amateur Sport



All About the Benjamins!



The Making of Men in American Sports Films



Average Joes, Complacency, Politics, and Sports


PostGame



Challenging all Ballers


Notes


Works Cited


Index