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Sporting World of the Modern South

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Alabama college football
anthropology of sport
baseball and the New South
Bear Bryant
black colleges
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college football and progressivism
college football in the south
college mascots
contemporary south
desegregation and sport
desegregation of spring training
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gender in college sport
history of college mascots
Jim Crow
manhood and southern culture
masculinity and southern culture
modern South
NASCAR
NASCAR fans
NASCAR popularity
New South
race in college sport
race relations
race relations and sport
school mascots
sociology of sport
sociology of sports
sport and American South
sport and desegregation
sport at women's colleges
sport in southern states
sports and black colleges
sports in southern states
sports in the American south
women's college sports

Product details

  • ISBN 9780252070365
  • Weight: 513g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 14 Mar 2002
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Engaging a medley of perspectives and methodologies, these collected essays explore the sport-related symbols and events that have shaped southern regional identities since the Civil War. The authors range from the "backcountry" fighter stereotypes portrayed in modern professional wrestling to the significance of Crimson Tide coaching legend Paul "Bear" Bryant for white Alabamians while other essays tackle gender and race relations in intercollegiate athletics, the roles athletic competitions played in desegregating the South, and NASCAR's popularity in southern states. 

Pairing the action and anecdotes of good sportswriting with rock-solid scholarship, The Sporting World of the Modern South adds historical and anthropological perspectives to legends and lore from the gridiron to the racetrack.
About
Patrick B. Miller teaches history at Northeastern Illinois University. He is the coauthor of The Unlevel Playing Field: A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport and coeditor of Sport and the Color Line: Black Athletes and Race Relations in Twentieth-Century America.