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- Reconstructing Fame: Sport, Race, and Evolving Reputations
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University Press of Mississippi
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With contributions by Prosper Godonoo, Urla Hill, C. Richard King, David J. Leonard, Jack Lule, Murry Nelson, David C. Ogden, Robert W. Reising, and Joel Nathan Rosen Reconstructing Fame: Sport, Race, and Evolving Reputations includes essays on Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Curt Flood, Paul Robeson, Jim Thorpe, Bill Russell, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos. The essayists in this volume write about twentieth-century athletes whose careers were affected by racism and whose post-career reputations have improved as society's understanding of race changed. Contributors attempt to clarify the stories of these sports stars and their places as twentieth-century icons by analyzing the various myths that surround them. When media, fans, sports leagues, and the athletes themselves commemorate sports legends, shifts in popular perceptions often serve to obscure an athlete's role in history. Such revisions can lack coherence and trivialize the efforts of some legendary competitors and those associated with them. Adding racial tensions to this process further complicates the task of preserving the valuable achievements of key players.
Table of Contents
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- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiii
- PART I. THE ARCHETYPES
- PART II. THE CHERISHED DEAD
- PART III. THE LIVING MODELS
- Contributors
- pp. 133-134
Additional Information
ISBN
9781621036678
Related ISBN(s)
9781604730913
MARC Record
OCLC
690213948
Pages
176
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No