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- catalog abstract ""In this erudite and captivating book, author Larry Platt takes us on his own unique tour through American sports. Culled from a decade of writing about our games and the people who play them, Platt offers exclusive profiles of the athletes we love--and love to hate ... In these and other profiles, Platt shows that sport, more than any other nationwide pastime, is the way that we come to understand--and alter--race relations, gender, and, most profoundly, how we communicate with each other in ways often ignored by social commentators"--Inside front jacket cover.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b12548723.
- catalog coverage "United States Race relations.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""In this erudite and captivating book, author Larry Platt takes us on his own unique tour through American sports. Culled from a decade of writing about our games and the people who play them, Platt offers exclusive profiles of the athletes we love--and love to hate ... In these and other profiles, Platt shows that sport, more than any other nationwide pastime, is the way that we come to understand--and alter--race relations, gender, and, most profoundly, how we communicate with each other in ways often ignored by social commentators"--Inside front jacket cover.".
- catalog extent "viii, 196 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1566399548 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Philadelphia : Temple University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States Race relations.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "306.4/83/08996073 21".
- catalog subject "Athletes United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "GV697.A1 P55 2002".
- catalog subject "Sports Social aspects United States.".
- catalog title "New jack jocks : rebels, race, and the American athlete / Larry Platt.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".