The New American Sport History: Recent Approaches and Perspectives

by S W. Pope

Book Overview

In this collection, sixteen scholars explore topics as diverse as the historical debate over black athletic superiority, the selling of sport in society, the eroticism of athletic activity, sexual fears of women athletes, and the marketing of the marathon.

In line with the changing nature of sport history as a field of study, the essays focus less on traditional topics and more on themes of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and national identity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252065670
• ISBN13: 9780252065675
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"