Reconstructing Fame
Subtitle: sport, race, and evolving reputations
By: edited by David C. Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen.
Contributors: Ogden, David C.; Rosen, Joel Nathan, 1961-
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781604730913
Subjects: Racism in sports -- United States -- History; Athletes -- United States -- Public opinion; Public opinion -- United States
Other titles: Sport, race, and evolving reputations
Description: "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." "The essayists writing in this volume come from a wide range of academic disciplines, and each brings a unique perspective to the question of how social agents and institutions construct and deconstruct the narratives surrounding great sports figures."--book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.