Redskins?

Sport Mascots, Indian Nations and White Racism

James V Fenelon (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

172 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-61205-739-2 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

This book assesses the controversies over the Washington NFL team name as a window into other recent debates about the use of Native American mascots for professional and college sports teams. Fenelon explores the origin of team names in institutional racism and mainstream society’s denial of the impact of four centuries of colonial conquest. Fenelon’s analysis is supported by his surveys and interviews about the "Redskins" name and Cleveland "Indians" mascot "Chief Wahoo." A majority of Native peoples see these mascots as racist, including the National Congress of American Indians—even though mainstream media and public opinion claim otherwise. Historical analysis divulges these terms as outgrowths of "savage" and "enemy icon" racist depictions of Native nations. The book ties the history of conquest to idealized claims of democracy, freedom, and "honoring" sports teams.

James V. Fenelon is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Indigenous Peoples Studies at California State University, San Bernardino. His publications include Culturicide, Resistance, and Survival of the Lakota and (with co-author Thomas Hall) Indigenous Peoples and Globalization. He is Standing Rock Lakota/Dakota and has taught internationally, on social justice topics.

Foreword by Joe R. Feagin

Opening Statement (Preface)

List of Graphics and Illustrations

1 - Introduction – Redskins, Wahoos and Racism thru the Ages

2 - Racist Formulation and the Indian as Red Man

3 - Redskin – Race and Systemic Racism in Sociolinguistic Analysis

4 - Surveying the Landscape of Racist America

5 - Cleveland Indians and Washington Redskins Surveys

6 - Legal Histrionics and the Legacy of Racism

7 - The Red Man plays on (in America)

References and Sources

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.8.2016
Reihe/Serie	New Critical Viewpoints on Society
Zusatzinfo	2 Tables, black and white; 7 Line drawings, black and white; 28 Halftones, black and white; 35 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	362 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-61205-739-X / 161205739X
ISBN-13	978-1-61205-739-2 / 9781612057392
Zustand	Neuware