Passing the Baton: Black Women Track Stars and American Identity - Couverture souple

Ariail, Cat M.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252085388 ISBN 13 : 9780252085383

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2020

Synopsis

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.

A rare exploration of African American women athletes and national identity, Passing the Baton reveals young Black women as active agents in the remaking of what it means to be American.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Cat M. Ariail is a lecturer in the Department of History at Middle Tennessee State University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252085388
• ISBN 13: 9780252085383
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
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• Personne responsable: non disponible