Commodified and Criminalized: New Racism and African Americans in Contemporary Sports (Perspectives on a Multiracial America) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1442206772 ISBN 13: 9781442206779

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 2011

Synopsis

Commodified and Criminalized examines the centrality of sport to discussions of racial ideologies and racist practices in the 21st century. It disputes familiar refrains of racial progress, arguing that athletes sit in a contradictory position masked by the logics of new racism and dominant white racial frames. Contributors discuss athletes ranging from Tiger Woods and Serena Williams to Freddy Adu and Shani Davis.

Through dynamic case studies, Commodified and Criminalized unpacks the conversation between black athletes and colorblind discourse, while challenging the assumptions of contemporary sports culture. The contributors in this provocative collection push the conversation beyond the playing field and beyond the racial landscape of sports culture to explore the connections between sports representations and a broader history of racialized violence.

About this title

About the Author

David J. Leonard is associate professor of critical culture, gender, and race studies at Washington State University.
C. Richard King is professor and chair of critical culture, gender, and race studies at Washington State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442206772
• ISBN 13: 9781442206779
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: David J. Leonard, C. Richard King