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- Fame to Infamy: Race, Sport, and the Fall from Grace
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University Press of Mississippi
summary
Fame to Infamy: Race, Sport, and the Fall from Grace follows the paths of sports figures who were embraced by the general populace but who, through a variety of circumstances, real or imagined, found themselves falling out of favor with the public. The contributors focus on the roles played by athletes, the media, and fans in describing how once-esteemed popular figures find themselves scorned by the same public that at one time viewed them as heroic, laudable, or otherwise respectable.The book examines a wide range of sports and eras, and includes essays on Barry Bonds, Kirby Puckett, Mike Tyson, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, Branch Rickey, Joe Louis and Max Schmeling, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, and Jim Brown, as well as an afterword by noted scholar Jack Lule and an introduction by the editors. Fame to Infamy is an interdisciplinary volume encompassing numerous approaches in tracing the evolution of each subject's reputation and shifting public image.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. vii
- Foreword: The Power of Nine
- pp. ix-xiii
- Branch Rickey: Moral Capitalist
- pp. 76-101
- Mortgaging Michael Jordan’s Reputation
- pp. 122-145
- Afterword: Sports and the Iron Fist of Myth
- pp. 191-197
- Contributors
- pp. 199-201
Additional Information
ISBN
9781604737523
Related ISBN(s)
9781604737516
MARC Record
OCLC
682623521
Pages
208
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No