Race, sport and politics : the sporting black diaspora /

Carrington, Ben, 1972-

Race, sport and politics : the sporting black diaspora / Ben Carrington. - London ; Los Angeles [i.e. Thousand Oaks, Calif] : SAGE, 2010. - x, 201 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Theory, culture & society .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : sport, the black athlete and the remaking of race -- Sporting resistance : thinking of race and sport diasporically -- Sporting redemption : violence, desire and the politics of freedom -- Sporting negritude : commodity blackness and the liberation of failure -- Sporting multiculturalism : nationalism, belonging and identity -- Conclusion : race, sport and the post/colonial.

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Sports--Social aspects.
Sports--Political aspects.
Racism in sports.
Discrimination in sports.
Athletes, Black.
Race relations.
African diaspora.
Sport
Rassenvorurteil
Diskriminierung

GV706.32 / .C37 2010

306.483089 CAR