Indian Spectacle: College Mascots and the Anxiety of Modern America

by Jennifer Guiliano

Book Overview

Amid controversies surrounding the team mascot and brand of the Washington Redskins in the National Football League and the use of mascots by K-12 schools, Americans demonstrate an expanding sensitivity to the pejorative use of references to Native Americans by sports organizations at all levels. In Indian Spectacle, Jennifer Guiliano exposes the anxiety of American middle-class masculinity in relation to the growing commercialization of collegiate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813565545
• ISBN13: 9780813565545
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"