Fame to infamy : race, sport, and the fall from grace / edited by David C. Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen
- Published:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2010]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2010
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Ogden, David C.
Rosen, Joel Nathan, 1961-
- Contents:
- Foreword: The Power of Nine / Roy F. Fox -- Introduction: Thoughts on Fame and Infamy / Joel Nathan Rosen -- Barry Bonds: Of Passion and Hostility / Lisa Doris Alexander -- Kirby Puckett: A Middle American Tragedy / Sherrie L. Wilson -- Don't Believe the Hype: The Racial Representation of Mike Tyson in Three Acts / Thabiti Lewis -- Lost in Translation: Voice, Masculinity, Race, and the 1998 Home Run Chase / Shelley Lucas -- Branch Rickey: Moral Capitalist / Robert F. Lewis II -- Inextricably Linked: Joe Louis and Max Schmeling Revisited / Joel Nathan Rosen -- Mortgaging Michael Jordan's Reputation / Jeffrey Lane -- A Precarious Perch: Wilt Chamberlain, Basketball Stardom, and Racial Politics / Gregory J. Kaliss -- Jim Brown: The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of a Cultural Icon / Roberta J. Newman -- Afterword: Sports and the Iron Fist of Myth / Jack Lule.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781604737516 (cloth : alk. paper)
1604737514 (cloth : alk. paper) - Collection:
- Ronald A. Smith Sports History Book Collection.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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