The popularity and globalization of sport have led to an ever-increasing migration of black athletes from the global South to the United States and Western Europe. While the hegemonic ideology surrounding sport is that it brings diverse people together and ameliorates social divisions, sociologists of sport have shown this to be a gross simplification. Instead, sport and its narratives often reinforce and re-create stereotypes and social boundaries, especially regarding race and the prowess and the position of the black athlete. Because sport is a contested terrain for maintaining and...
The popularity and globalization of sport have led to an ever-increasing migration of black athletes from the global South to the United States and...
Sporting Realities is a collection that explores the sports documentary's cultural meanings, aesthetic practices, industrial and commercial dimensions, and political contours across historical, social, medium-specific, and geographic contexts.
Sporting Realities is a collection that explores the sports documentary's cultural meanings, aesthetic practices, industrial and commercial dimensions...