Reconstructing Fame: Sport, Race, and Evolving Reputations

by JackLule (Afterword), David C . Ogden (Afterword), JoelNathanRosen (Afterword)

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  Paperback
  2011

  $39.27

  The essayists in this volume write about twentieth-century athletes whose careers were affected by racism and whose post-career reputations have improved as society's understanding of race changed. Contributors attempt to clarify the stories of these sports stars and their places as twentieth-century icons by analysing the various myths that surround them.