| African American Icons of Sport: Triumph, Courage, and Excellence Contributor(s): Whitaker, Matthew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0313340285 ISBN-13: 9780313340284 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $90.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Sports |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007052945 |
| Series: Greenwood Icons |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 7.25" W x 10.21" (1.90 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This title offers an examination of African Americans in sports, from a variety of perspectives and through a lively range of rhetoric styles, and illuminates the history of highly successful and influential individuals, athletes and teams who have transcended mere celebrity to come to represent a given Zeitgeist to a sizable part of the world. It also explores the history and lives of complex, multi-layered personages and groups. Finally, it examines the extent to which modern mass media and popular culture have contributed greatly to the rise, and sometimes fall, of the these powerful symbols of athletic, individual, and group excellence. |