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Title:

Reconstructing fame : sport, race, and evolving reputations / edited by David C. Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen.

Publisher:

University Press of Mississippi,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xxiv, 140 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Racism in sports--United States--History.
Athletes--United States--Public opinion.
Public opinion--United States.

Other Authors:

Ogden, David C.
Rosen, Joel Nathan, 1961-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword / Jack Lule. Afterword: Globalization of vilification; the localization of redemption / David C. Ogden, Joel Nathan Rosen -- Archetypes. Constructing banality : the trivialization of the Jackie Robinson legacy / Joel Nathan Rosen -- Roberto Clemente : from ignominy to icon / David C. Ogden -- Cherished dead. Curt flood : "death is a slave's freedom" : his fight against baseball, history, and white supremacy / David J. Leonard -- Paul Robeson : honor and the politics of dignity / Prosper Godonoo -- Remaking an overlooked icon : the reconstruction of Jim Thorpe / Robert W. Reising -- Living models. Bill Russell : from revulsion to resurrection / Murry Nelson -- Racing after Smith and Carlos : revisiting those fists some forty years hence / Urla Hill -- Afterword: Globalization of vilification; the localization of redemption / Jack Lule.

ISBN:

1604730919 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781604730913 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2008007388

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)