Race, sport and politics : the sporting black diaspora / Ben Carrington.

Author/creator Carrington, Ben, 1972-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; Los Angeles [i.e. Thousand Oaks, Calif] : SAGE, 2010.
Descriptionx, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesTheory, culture & society
Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered) ^A282209
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009937644
ISBN9781412901024 (hbk.)
ISBN1412901022 (hbk.)
ISBN1412901030 (pbk.)
ISBN9781412901031 (pbk.)