Race, Sport and Politics - The Sporting Black Diaspora (Paperback)

Written by one of the leading international authorities on the sociology of race and sport, this is the first book to address sport's role in 'the making of race', the place of sport within black diasporic struggles for freedom and equality, and the contested location of sport in relation to the politics of recognition within contemporary multicultural societies. Race, Sport and Politics shows how, during the first decades of the twentieth century, the idea of 'the natural black athlete' was invented in order to make sense of and curtail the political impact and cultural achievements of black sportswomen and men. More recently, 'the black athlete' as sign has become a highly commodified object within contemporary hyper-commercialized sports-media culture thus limiting the transformative potential of critically conscious black athleticism to re-imagine what it means to be both black and human in the twenty-first century. Race, Sport and Politics will be of interest to students and scholars in sociology of culture and sport, the sociology of race and diaspora studies, postcolonial theory, cultural theory and cultural studies.

General

Imprint:	Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
Release date:	August 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Ben Carrington
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-1-4129-0103-1
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure
LSN:	1-4129-0103-0
Barcode:	9781412901031

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