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Revolt of the white athlete : race, media and the emergence of extreme athletes in America
- Title
- Revolt of the white athlete : race, media and the emergence of extreme athletes in America / Kyle Kusz.
- Author
- Kusz, Kyle, 1972-
- Publication
- New York : Peter Lang, c2007.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 214 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Intersections in communications and culture, 1528-610X ; v. 14
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-209) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : the revolt of the white (male) athlete will be televised -- Image is not everything : Andre Agassi, Generation X, and white masculinity -- The new, new Andre Agassi : the cultural politics of white male redemption -- Extreme America : interrogating the racial and gender politics of media narratives about extreme sports -- 'I want to be the minority' : the politics of youthful white masculinities in American sport and popular culture in 1990s America -- White boyz in the hood : examining the cultural politics of Dogtown and Z Boys -- Lance America : interrogating the politics of the national fantasy of Lance Armstrong -- Conclusion : notes on some white guys in post-9/11 America.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-5057
- ISBN
- 0820472514 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780820472515 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004011675
- OCLC
- 55487964
- vendor
- Author
- Kusz, Kyle, 1972-
- Title
- Revolt of the white athlete : race, media and the emergence of extreme athletes in America / Kyle Kusz.
- Imprint
- New York : Peter Lang, c2007.
- Series
- Intersections in communications and culture, 1528-610X ; v. 14
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-209) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-5057