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In the Game: Race, Identity, and Sports in the Twentieth Century
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by Amy Bass
Sales Rank: 297212
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 288 pages
Published by: Palgrave Macmillan July 28, 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1403965706
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1403965707
Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 1 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
This collection of nine essays on race, sports and the cultural collision of both cuts a wide swath, touching on, among other things, Rocky, Rush Limbaugh, Cricket (the British sport that involves something like a baseball bat) and the all-too familiar tomahawk chop. In "Backfield in Motion," Joel Dinerstein discusses how "African Americans create permanent changes in American sports once they attain a certain critical mass," and segues to a lengthy discussion of how white coaches and players view touchdown dances and other victory celebrations as "a lack of emotional self-control," while blacks "consider sports, dance, music, language, and humor along a continuum of performance." Tried-and-true topics (the denigration of Native Americans through team mascots) seem discussed to death, especially when compared to Carlo Rotella's lively deconstruction of the Rocky movies, and the conclusions can place too much importance on sports' cultural value. (Does a better West Indies cricket team really have much to do with forging "new and multiple identities of personhood, nationhood, and masculinity?") Academic in tone (all but one of the essayists hold university posts), much of the content would either bore or go over the head of the average armchair quarterback, but scholars, critics and commentators will find no dearth of opinion and research to cheer or jeer.
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Product Review
"Hard-hitting and well-researched, Amy Bass has put together a book that peels back the layers and looks inside the sports world we love."--Dan Shaughnessy, author, Reversing the Curse.
"This wonderful collection elevates the discussion of race, racism and sport. Incisive, geographically ranging, and richly historical, the essays gathered here are also luminous, passionate, and fun to read. For those with a love of the game, the pleasures of the text await. For those with critical and scholarly interests in race, culture and politics, this fine volume shows why the terrain of sport should not be ignored."--Nikhil Pal Singh, author, Black is a Country: Race and the Unfinished Struggle for Democracy
"Amy Bass has produced a focused and coherent anthology which challenges the empirical, theoretical, and political protocols that presently dominate sport oriented research on race and racial difference. The essays in this book offer convincingly argued and gorgeously written accounts that expose new and important lines of inquiry. The broad interdisciplinarity of In the Game makes it a significant contribution to various intellectual domains, including American studies, ethnic and race studies, history, and the sociology of culture. Sport, as a social and historical phenomenon, has long threatened to become incorporated into the academic mainstream; the broad based relevance and incisiveness of In the Game will, no doubt, assist in the realization of this long overdue recognition. An important book, at an important time."--David L. Andrews, Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park
Reader Reviews
This collection of essays is a good read for interested citizens and sports fans alike. It tackles the serious issues "in the game," and keeps your attention with a wide array of topics and amazing insights. It hits hard right from the beginning, with Bass's insightful and personal essay about the Red Sox, and continues with highlights from Joel Dinerstein, Matthew Jacobson (I'll never call Dick Allen "Ritchie" again!), and Carlo Rotella. A great book, whether you are on the beach or in the classroom, and important for all.
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