Passing the Baton (Paperback)

Language: English

Published by University of Illinois Press, Baltimore, 2020

0252085388 / 9780252085383

Series: Book 30 of 30 - Sport and Society

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Paperback. After World War II, the United States used international sport to promote democratic values and its image of an ideal citizen. But African American women excelling in track and field upset such notions. Cat M. Ariail examines how athletes such as Alice Coachman, Mae Faggs, and Wilma Rudolph forced American sport culturesboth white and Blackto reckon with the athleticism of African American women. Marginalized still further in a low-profile sport, young Black women nonetheless bypassed barriers to represent their country. Their athletic success soon threatened postwar America's dominant ideas about race, gender, sexuality, and national identity. As Ariail shows, the wider culture defused these radical challenges by locking the athletes within roles that stressed conservative forms of femininity, blackness, and citizenship. A rare exploration of African American women athletes and national identity, Passing the Baton reveals young Black women as active agents in the remaking of what it means to be American. Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Miami, 2018, titled Sprints of citizenship: black women track stars and the making of modern citizenship in the United States and Jamaica, 1946-1964. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Title
Passing the Baton (Paperback)
Author
Cat M. Ariail
Publisher
University of Illinois Press, Baltimore
Publication year
2020
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0252085388
ISBN 13
9780252085383
Series
Book 30 of 30: Sport and Society

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