Level Playing Field : African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports, H...

Description: Level Playing Field : African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports, Hardcover by Early, Gerald L., ISBN 0674050983, ISBN-13 9780674050983, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This collection of six essays on race, sports and society by essayist and cultural critic Gerald Early examines the manner in which sports, and especially love and or loathing of Black athletes serves as a metaphor for larger cultural discussions on race. Essays discuss such topics as, Curt Flood and the image of baseball, the Donovan McNabb/Rush Limbaugh controversy, and integration, Black heroism and the meaning of Jackie Robinson. Early is currently a professor of African American studies and social sciences at Washington University, St. Louis. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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Number of Pages: 288 Pages

Publication Name: Level Playing Field : African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports

Language: English

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Subject: Popular Culture, General, Sociology of Sports, History, Essays, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies

Item Height: 1 in

Publication Year: 2011

Item Weight: 20 Oz

Type: Textbook

Author: Gerald L. Early

Item Length: 7.1 in

Subject Area: Sports & Recreation, Social Science

Series: Alain Locke Lecture Ser.

Item Width: 4.4 in

Format: Hardcover