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- Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 206 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Fame to infamy (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Foreword: The power of nine / Roy F. Fox -- Introduction: Thoughts on fame and infamy / David C. Ogden, Joel Nathan Rosen -- Barry Bonds : of passion and hostility / Lisa Doris Alexander -- Kirby Puckett : a middle American tragedy / Sherrie L. Wilson -- Don't believe the hype : the racial representation of Mike Tyson in three acts / Thabiti Lewis -- Lost in translation : voice, masculinity, race, and the 1998 home run chase / Shelley Lucas -- Branch Rickey : moral capitalist / Robert F. Lewis II -- Inextricably linked : Joe Louis and Max Schmeling revisited / C. Oren Renick, Joel Nathan Rosen -- Mortgaging Michael Jordan's reputation / Jeffrey Lane -- A precarious perch : Wilt Chamberlain, basketball stardom, and racial politics / Gregory J. Kaliss -- Jim Brown : the rise and fall (and rise) of a cultural icon / Roberta J. Newman -- Afterword: sports and the iron fist of myth / Jack Lule.
- LCCN
- 2010017510
- OCLC
- ssj0000417545
- Title
Fame to infamy [electronic resource] : race, sport, and the fall from grace / edited by David C. Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen.
- Imprint
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Ogden, David C.
Rosen, Joel Nathan, 1961-