| Author |
Trembanis, Sarah L.
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| Publication |
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2014]
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| Description |
xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Call # |
796.357 T |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Through an analysis of editorial art, folktales, nicknames, "manhood" and the art of clowning, African Americans worked to dismantle Jim Crow through the creation of a cultural counter-narrative that centered on baseball and the Negro Leagues, that celebrated black achievement, that highlighted the contradictions and fallacies of white supremacy in the first half of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Baseball -- United States -- History.
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Negro leagues -- History.
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African American baseball players.
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Discrimination in sports -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9780786477968 (softcover : alk. paper) : |
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0786477962 (softcover : alk. paper) |
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