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African American Icons of Sport: Triumph, Courage, and Excellence
Contributor(s): Whitaker, Matthew (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0313340285     ISBN-13: 9780313340284
Publisher: Greenwood
OUR PRICE: $95.55  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2008
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | History
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- Biography & Autobiography | Sports
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2007052945
Series: Greenwood Icons
Physical Information: 1.08" H x 7.25" W x 10.21" L (1.90 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 100
 
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This title offers an examination of African Americans in sports, from a variety of perspectives and through a lively range of rhetoric styles, and illuminates the history of highly successful and influential individuals, athletes and teams who have transcended mere celebrity to come to represent a given Zeitgeist to a sizable part of the world. It also explores the history and lives of complex, multi-layered personages and groups. Finally, it examines the extent to which modern mass media and popular culture have contributed greatly to the rise, and sometimes fall, of the these powerful symbols of athletic, individual, and group excellence.
 
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