Ballers of the New School: Racism and Sports in America: Essays on Racism and Sports in America - Softcover

Lewis, Thabiti

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0883783118 ISBN 13: 9780883783115

Publisher: Third World Press,U.S., 2009

Synopsis

"Ballers of the New School" uses American sports culture to challenge and explore notions of race in America. Dr. Lewis pushes back against topics such as anti-intellectualism, jingoism, and exploitation in collegiate athletics, as well as the role of sports culture in cultivating notions of masculinity. The book fearlessly critiques and challenges the notion that sports culture has altruistically functioned as a progressive pioneer of social and racial progress and offers a re-examination of the narrative of American sport as a leading contributor to racial progress by pointing to glass ceilings in areas of leadership on and off fields of play. The reconstructions as well as challenges to modern athletes that "Ballers of the New School" offers makes it a usable book of sometimes uncomfortable, but necessary truths.

About this title

About the Author:

Thabiti Lewis teaches English at Washington State University Vancouver. He also has worked as a journalist, and talk radio host. He obtained his Ph.D. in English from Saint Louis University. In addition to Ballers of the New School: Race and Sport in America he is working on multiple projects about the writer Toni Cade Bambara.

About this edition

• Publisher: Third World Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0883783118
• ISBN 13: 9780883783115
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260