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Author Leonard, David J. (David Jason), 1973- author

Title Playing while white : privilege and power on and off the field / David J. Leonard
Published Seattle : University Washington Press, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (x, 308 pages)
Contents The scrappy white leader -- He got brains: whiteness and intelligence on and off the court -- Talking trash (while white): a betrayal of tradition or a sign of competitive leadership? -- White thugs? Crime and the culture of innocence -- Getting high: the new Jim Crow and white athletes -- Redemption and character building: mistakes while white -- (White) women and sports: selling white femininity -- Driving while white: the world of NASCAR -- Playing the white way: from the Cardinals to Badgers -- Sporting cultures and white victims
Summary "Playing While White argues that whiteness matters in sports culture, both on and off the field. Offering critical analysis of athletic stars such as Johnny Manziel, Marshall Henderson, Jordan Spieth, Lance Armstrong, Josh Hamilton, as well as the predominantly white cultures of NASCAR and extreme sports, David Leonard identifies how whiteness is central to the commodification of athletes and the sports they play. Leonard demonstrates that sporting cultures are a key site in the trafficking of racial ideas, narratives, and ideologies. He identifies how white athletes are frequently characterized as intelligent leaders who are presumed innocent of the kinds of transgressions black athletes are often pathologized for. With an analysis of the racial dynamics of sports traditions as varied as football, cycling, hockey, baseball, tennis, snowboarding and soccer, as well the reception and media portrayals of specific white athletes, Leonard examines how and why whiteness matters within sports and what that tells us about race in the twenty-first century United States"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Racism in sports -- United States
Sports -- Social aspects -- United States
White people -- Race identity -- United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
Racism in sports
Sports -- Social aspects
White people -- Race identity
Schwarze
Weisse.
Rassismus
Sport
Sports -- Aspect social -- Etats-Unis.
Discrimination dans les sports -- Etats-Unis.
Blancs -- Identité collective -- Etats-Unis.
United States
USA
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021692798
ISBN 9780295741895
0295741899