Sport, Identity, and Culture – serie
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17 produkter
Asians and Pacific Islanders in American Football
Historical and Contemporary Experiences
Häftad, 2020
616 kr
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This book sheds light on experiences relatively underrepresented in academic and non-academic sport history. It examines how Asian and Pacific Islander peoples used American football to maintain a sense of community while encountering racial exclusion, labor exploitation, and colonialism. Through …
Black Rodeo in the Texas Gulf Coast Region
Charcoal in the Ashes
Inbunden, 2021
1168 kr
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Black Rodeo in the Texas Gulf Coast Region: Charcoal in the Ashes provides an in depth sociocultural and historical analysis of the genesis and contemporary state of affairs regarding African American rodeo cowboys in southeast Texas, whose ancestors were instrumental in the development of the most …
Black Rodeo in the Texas Gulf Coast Region
Charcoal in the Ashes
Häftad, 2023
471 kr
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Black Rodeo in the Texas Gulf Coast Region: Charcoal in the Ashes provides an in depth sociocultural and historical analysis of the genesis and contemporary state of affairs regarding African American rodeo cowboys in southeast Texas, whose ancestors were instrumental in the development of the most …
Miami Times and the Fight for Equality
Race, Sport, and the Black Press, 1948–1958
Häftad, 2020
558 kr
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This book helps inject the Miami Times into the historical narrative of the Civil Rights Movement in Florida by highlighting its role in Rice v Arnold, a 1949 lawsuit filed by black recreational golfers in Miami to oppose segregation on the city’s public golf course. Founded in 1923 by …
Black Collegiate Athletes and the Neoliberal State
Dreaming from Bended Knee
Häftad, 2021
529 kr
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This study analyzes sociocultural productions of power, knowledge, identity, and resistance through the lens of race in collegiate athletics. Drawing on research at multiple institutions, the author examines the lived experiences of current black student athletes pursuing their education and …
Sport and the Shaping of Civic Identity in Chicago
Inbunden, 2020
1556 kr
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This study uses sociological and historical methodologies to analyze the role of sport in the formation of urban identity in Chicago. The author traces the transformation of Chicago from a frontier town to a commercial behemoth, examining its role as an immigration, transportation, and …
Early Years of Chicago Soccer, 1887–1939
Av Gabe Logan
Inbunden, 2019
1313 kr
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For over a century, Chicago has played soccer. This work explains the early history of the game in the Second City, beginning with the 1887 formation of the Chicago Football Association, and concluding with the 1939 season and Chicago Sparta’s National Open Cup win, which brought the trophy to the …
Boston’s Black Athletes
Identity, Performance, and Activism
Av Robert Cvornyek, Douglas Stark
Inbunden, 2024
1385 kr
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Sport often mirrored the racial climate of the time, but it also informed and encouraged equality on and off the field. In Boston, the Black athletic body historically represented a challenge to the city’s liberal image. Boston's Black Athletes: Identity, Performance, and Activism interprets …
Boston’s Black Athletes
Identity, Performance, and Activism
Av Robert Cvornyek, Douglas Stark
Häftad, 2026
428 kr
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Sport has long been a stage where identity is contested, visibility is earned, and social change takes root.In Boston, the Black athletic body has historically challenged the city’s self image as a beacon of liberalism. Boston's Black Athletes: Identity, Performance, and Activism interprets this …
Myth and Identity in the Martial Arts
Creating the Dragon
Inbunden, 2025
1458 kr
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Myth and Identity in the Martial Arts: Creating the Dragon is a study of the role of myth and ideology in the formation of social identity, focusing on a variety of communities of practice involving the martial arts in East Asian and Western history. Alexus McLeod argues that myths of the martial …
Myth and Identity in the Martial Arts
Creating the Dragon
Häftad, 2026
428 kr
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Myth and Identity in the Martial Arts: Creating the Dragon is a study of the role of myth and ideology in the formation of social identity, focusing on a variety of communities of practice involving the martial arts in East Asian and Western history. Alexus McLeod argues that myths of the martial …
Statues and Legacies of Combat Athletes in the Americas
Av C. Nathan Hatton, David M. K. Sheinin
Inbunden, 2024
1240 kr
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The violence of combat sports left a mark on how fans and communities remembered athletes. As individual endeavors, combat sports have often produced more detailed, emotionally poignant, and deeply personal stories of triumph than those associated with team sports. Commemorative statues to combat …
Turnen around the World
Av Annette R. Hofmann, Gerald Gems
Inbunden, 2023
1240 kr
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Turnen around the World represents an international effort by an assemblage of prominent sport historians to detail and assess the worldwide scope, effects, and residual influences of the German Turnen movement over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A male nationalistic movement …
Populism and Professional Wrestling in the Sunbelt South
From Rasslin’ to Sports Entertainment
Inbunden, 2023
1095 kr
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Populism and Professional Wrestling in the Sunbelt South: From Rasslin’ to Sports Entertainment traces the history of professional wrestling in the South within the Trans-Mississippi Region between the 1950s–1990s. Examining professional wrestling through the lens of kayfabe, also known as the …
Mental Health, Gender, and the Rise of Sport
Inbunden, 2024
1240 kr
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Mental Health, Gender, and the Rise of Sport explores the historical role of sport in the prescription for mental and physical health through the epidemic of neurasthenia, a debilitating neurological disorder that afflicted American society throughout the latter nineteenth century. Gerald R. Gems …
Mental Health, Gender, and the Rise of Sport
Häftad, 2026
428 kr
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Long before therapy apps and wellness culture, Americans turned to sport to steady minds unsettled by modern life.Mental Health, Gender, and the Rise of Sport examines the historical role of sport as both a mental and physical remedy during the late-nineteenth-century epidemic of neurasthenia, a …
Transnational Sport in the American West
Oaxaca California Basketball
Inbunden, 2019
1240 kr
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Transnational Sport in the American West is the story of how a sport can cross physical and cultural borders. Catholic missionaries first brought the sport of basketball to southern Mexico in the early twentieth century, but over time the sport has grown into a cultural tradition in states like …
