Dreams and Deception

Sports Lure, Racism, and Young Black Males' Struggles in Sports and Education

Isabel Ann Dwornik (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

230 Seiten

2017 | New edition
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4331-3374-9 (ISBN)

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This book helps young black males, educators, policy makers, parents, and all other interested parties to understand the importance of education alongside athletic pursuits. In the world today, many young black males view athletic participation as the way to secure a successful future. Yet for the majority of them, dreams of playing professional sports rarely pan out. Many end up returning to a life of poverty as a result of the sports lure which deceives them and entices them to focus exclusively on athletic talent at the expense of their education. This book presents a social historical and critical deconstruction introducing readers to this sports lure, revealing what makes it so powerful in the lives of these youths. As Isabel Ann Dwornik documents, centuries-worth of racism in the United States is at the core of this phenomenon, which has affected the academic identity development of black male youths and has discouraged them from taking full advantage of their schooling.

Isabel Ann Dwornik, Couper Fellow and EdD graduate from the State University of New York at Binghamton, is an experienced adolescent counselor and university instructor. Her focus is on educational policy issues concerning racism, social justice, and equality in schooling and human development.

Erscheinungsdatum	24.02.2017
Reihe/Serie	Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society ; 66
Reihe/Serie	Adolescent Cultures, School, and Society ; 66
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 225 mm
Gewicht	460 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4331-3374-1 / 1433133741
ISBN-13	978-1-4331-3374-9 / 9781433133749
Zustand	Neuware