New Jack Jocks
Subtitle: Rebels, Race, and the American Athlete
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: April 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781566399548
Subjects: American studies; Cultural studies; Gender studies; Multicultural studies; Sports & Outdoor Recreation; United States; Race relations; Sociology Of Sports; Sports & Recreation; Sports; USA; Social aspects; General; Popular Culture - General; Discrimination & Racism; Mass Media; Athletes; Biography
Description: "In this erudite and captivating book, author Larry Platt takes us on his own unique tour through American sports. Culled from a decade of writing about our games and the people who play them, Platt offers exclusive profiles of the athletes we love--and love to hate ... In these and other profiles, Platt shows that sport, more than any other nationwide pastime, is the way that we come to understand--and alter--race relations, gender, and, most profoundly, how we communicate with each other in ways often ignored by social commentators"--Inside front jacket cover.