The Revolt of the Black Athlete

Harry Edwards (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2018
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-08406-5 (ISBN)

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The Revolt of the Black Athlete hit sport and society like an Ali combination. This Fiftieth Anniversary edition of Harry Edwards's classic of activist scholarship arrives even as a new generation engages with the issues he explored. Edwards's new introduction and afterword revisit the revolts by athletes like Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos. At the same time, he engages with the struggles of a present still rife with racism, double-standards, and economic injustice. Again relating the rebellion of black athletes to a larger spirit of revolt among black citizens, Edwards moves his story forward to our era of protests, boycotts, and the dramatic politicization of athletes by Black Lives Matter. Incisive yet ultimately hopeful, The Revolt of the Black Athlete is the still-essential study of the conflicts at the interface of sport, race, and society.

Harry Edwards is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the architect of the Olympic Project for Human Rights and his work has focused on the experiences of African-American athletes. His other books include The Struggle that Must Be: An Autobiography.

Erscheinungsdatum	23.08.2018
Reihe/Serie	Sport and Society
Zusatzinfo	20 black & white photographs, 1 line drawing
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	367 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-252-08406-3 / 0252084063
ISBN-13	978-0-252-08406-5 / 9780252084065
Zustand	Neuware