Media Representations of African American Athletes in Cold War Japan

ISBN-13: 9781433169915 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 154 str.

Yu Sasaki

Opis

This book focuses on sports in the Cold War era as a significant battlefield that included an ideologically and racially contested terrain. One of the most crucial Cold War racial contacts occurred through sports in Asia, and particularly, in Japan.

Spis treści

List of Figures - Acknowledgments - Introduction - Basketball in Black and White: The Harlem Globetrotters, Japan, and Cold War Politics - The Tigerbelles of Tennessee State University: Race, Gender, and the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games - The African American Race: Japan and the Black Power Salute - Cold War Icons of Black America from a Japanese Lens: Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson, and Muhammad Ali - Epilogue- Bibliography.

O autorze

Yu Sasaki is a lecturer at the Seitoku University in Japan. She received a Ph.D. in literature from University of Tsukuba, Japan. Her research interests include cultural studies, African American studies, and sports.