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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.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. vii-x
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  1. Preface and Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xiii
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  1. Introduction: Examining Reputations within a Cultural Context
  2. pp. xv-xxiv
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  1. PART I. THE ARCHETYPES
  1. Constructing Banality: The Trivialization of the Jackie Robinson Legacy
  2. pp. 3-15
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  1. Roberto Clemente: From Ignominy to Icon
  2. pp. 16-28
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  1. PART II. THE CHERISHED DEAD
  1. Curt Flood: “Death Is a Slave’s Freedom”: His Fight against Baseball, History, and White Supremacy
  2. pp. 31-47
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  1. Paul Robeson: Honor and the Politics of Dignity
  2. pp. 48-91
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  1. Remaking an Overlooked Icon: The Reconstruction of Jim Thorpe
  2. pp. 67-83
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  1. PART III. THE LIVING MODELS
  1. Bill Russell: From Revulsion to Resurrection
  2. pp. 87-101
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  1. Racing after Smith and Carlos: Revisiting Those Fists Some Forty Years Hence
  2. pp. 102-126
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  1. Afterword: The Globalization of Vilification; The Localization of Redemption
  2. pp. 127-132
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  1. Contributors
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  1. Index
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