Ballers of the New School: Race and Sports in America

by Thabiti Lewis

""Ballers of the New School"" uses American sports culture to challenge and explore notions of race in America. Dr. Lewis pushes back against topics such as anti-intellectualism, jingoism, and exploitation in collegiate athletics, as well as the role of sports culture in cultivating notions of masculinity. The book fearlessly critiques and challenges the notion that sports culture has altruistically functioned as a progressive pioneer of social and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883783118
• ISBN13: 9780883783115
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Third World Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"