Sporting blackness : race, embodiment, and critical muscle memory on screen / Samantha N. Sheppard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheppard, Samantha N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports in motion pictures.

African Americans in motion pictures.

Race in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xvi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Sporting Blackness examines issues of race and representation in sports films, exploring what it means to embody, perform, play out, and contest blackness by representations of Black athletes on screen. By presenting new critical terms, Sheppard analyzes not only "skin in the game," or how racial representation shapes the genre's imagery, but also "skin in the genre," or the formal consequences of blackness on the sport film genre's modes, codes, and conventions. Through a rich interdisciplinary approach, Sheppard argues that representations of Black sporting bodies contain "critical muscle memories," embodied, kinesthetic, and cinematic histories that go beyond a film's plot to index, circulate, and reproduce broader narratives about Black sporting and non-sporting experiences in American society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : sporting blackness and critical muscle memory

Historical contestants in black sports documentaries

Racial iconicity and the transmedia black athlete

Black female incommensurability and athletic genders

The revolt of the cinematic black athlete

Conclusion : the fitness of sporting blackness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Sheppard, Samantha N., Sporting blackness

ISBN:

9780520307797

9780520307773

0520307771

0520307798

OCLC:

1119535844

Publisher Number:

99985040853