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A Level Playing Field: African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports - Alain Locke Lecture Series Gerald L. Early
A Level Playing Field: African American Athletes and the Republic of Sports - Alain Locke Lecture Series
Gerald L. Early
The noted cultural critic Gerald Early explores the intersection of race and sports, and our deeper, often contradictory attitudes toward the athletes we glorify. What desires and anxieties are encoded in our worship of (or disdain for) high-performance athletes? What other, invisible contests unfold when we watch a sporting event?
288 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 29, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674050983 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 124 × 185 × 28 mm · 328 g |
| Language | English |