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Revolt of the white athlete : race, media and the emergence of extreme athletes in America
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- ISBN: 0820472514 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780820472515 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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xii, 214 p. ; 23 cm. - Publisher: New York : Peter Lang, c2007.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-209) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Introduction : the revolt of the white (male) athlete will be televised -- 2. Image is not everything : Andre Agassi, Generation X, and white masculinity -- 3. The new, new Andre Agassi : the cultural politics of white male redemption -- 4. Extreme America : interrogating the racial and gender politics of media narratives about extreme sports -- 5. 'I want to be the minority' : the politics of youthful white masculinities in sport and popular culture in 1990s America -- 6. White boyz in the hood : examining the cultural politics of Dogtown and Z Boys -- 7. Lance America : interrogating the politics of the national fantasy of Lance Armstrong -- 8. Conclusion : notes on some white guys in post-9/11 America. |
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| Subject: | Masculinity in sports -- United States Whites -- Race identity -- United States Mass media and sports -- United States |
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