Sporting blackness race, embodiment, and critical muscle memory on screen / Samantha N. Sheppard.
| Author/creator | Sheppard, Samantha N. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Sheppard, Samantha N.. Sporting blackness Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] 9780520307773 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019059433 |
| ISBN | 9780520973855 (epub) |
| ISBN | (cloth) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |