Revolt of the White Athlete: Race, Media and the Emergence of Extreme Athletes in America (Intersections in Communications and Culture)
The Author: Kyle W. Kusz is Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. He earned his Ph.D. in the socio-cultural study of sport and physical activity, as well as a graduate minor in cultural studies and interpretive research, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has written on the cultural politics of sport formations, athlete-celebrities, and sport films.