Format:
xvi, 250 Seiten :
,
25 Illustrationen und Portraits ;
,
23 cm.
ISBN:
978-0-520-30779-7
,
978-0-520-30777-3
Series Statement:
A George Gund Foundation book in african studies
Content:
Introduction : sporting blackness and critical muscle memory -- Historical contestants in black sports documentaries -- Racial iconicity and the transmedia black athlete -- Black female incommensurability and athletic genders -- The revolt of the cinematic black athlete -- Conclusion : the fitness of sporting blackness
Content:
"Sporting Blackness examines issues of race and representation in sports films, exploring what it means to embody, perform, play out, and contest blackness by representations of Black athletes on screen. By presenting new critical terms, Sheppard analyzes not only "skin in the game," or how racial representation shapes the genre's imagery, but also "skin in the genre," or the formal consequences of blackness on the sport film genre's modes, codes, and conventions. Through a rich interdisciplinary approach, Sheppard argues that representations of Black sporting bodies contain "critical muscle memories," embodied, kinesthetic, and cinematic histories that go beyond a film's plot to index, circulate, and reproduce broader narratives about Black sporting and non-sporting experiences in American society"
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 227-240
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520973855
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Sheppard, Samantha N Sporting blackness Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] ISBN 978-0-520-97385-5
Language:
English
Keywords:
Sportfilm
;
Schwarze
;
Rasse
;
Bibliografie
