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1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Sport and society
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Sport and society.
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| Note |
Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Miami, 2018, titled Sprints of citizenship : black women track stars and the making of modern citizenship in the United States and Jamaica, 1946-1964. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Raising the bar : Alice Coachman and the boundaries of postwar American identity, 1946-1948 -- Sprints of citizenship : identity politics and black women's athleticism, 1951-1952 -- Passing the baton toward belonging : Mae Faggs and the making of the Americanness of black American track women, 1954-1956 -- Winning as American women : the heteronormativity of black women athletic heroines, 1958-1960 -- "Olympian quintessence" : Wilma Rudolph, athletic femininity, and American iconicity, 1960-1962 -- Conclusion. The precarity of the baton pass : race, gender, and the enduring barriers to American belonging. |
| Summary |
"After World War II, the United States used international sport to promote democratic values and its image of an ideal citizen. But African American women excelling in track and field upset such notions. Cat M. Ariail examines how athletes such as Alice Coachman, Mae Faggs, and Wilma Rudolph forced American sport cultures-both white and Black-to reckon with the athleticism of African American women. Marginalized still further in a low-profile sport, young Black women nonetheless bypassed barriers to represent their country. Their athletic success soon threatened postwar America's dominant ideas about race, gender, sexuality, and national identity. As Ariail shows, the wider culture defused these radical challenges by locking the athletes within roles that stressed conservative forms of femininity, blackness, and citizenship"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African American women track and field athletes -- History -- 20th century.
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African American women track and field athletes. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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African American women track and field athletes -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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African American women -- Race identity.
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African American women -- Race identity. |
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African American women. |
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African American women -- Social conditions.
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African American women -- Social conditions. |
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Track and field for women -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Track and field for women. |
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United States. |
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Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Discrimination in sports. |
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Race relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Sprints of citizenship https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2020076911
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ariail, Cat M., 1987- Passing the baton Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020] 9780252043482 (DLC) 2020023704 |
| ISBN |
9780252052361 electronic book |
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0252052366 electronic book |
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9780252043482 hardcover |
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9780252085383 paperback |
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