Dancing at Halftime : Sports and the Controversy over American Indian Mascots / Carol Spindel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spindel, Carol.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Social conditions--20th century.

Indians of North America.

Sports team mascots--Social aspects--United States.

Sports team mascots.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Mascots.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : New York University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sports fans love to don paint and feathers to cheer on the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Indians, the Atlanta Braves, the Florida State Seminoles, and the Warriors and Chiefs of their hometown high schools. But outside the stadiums, American Indians aren't cheering--they're yelling racism. School boards and colleges are bombarded with emotional demands from both sides, while professional teams find themselves in court defending the right to trademark their Indian names and logos. In the face of opposition by a national anti-mascot movement, why are fans so determined to retain the fict

Contents:

Contents; Prologue; 1. Home Game; 2. The Controversy; 3. Myth and Mascot; 4. Races of Living Things; 5. Starved Rock; 6. That Roughneck Indian Game; 7. Sons of Modern Illini; 8. Folded Leaves; 9. The Wild West; 10. Chills to the Spine, Tears to the Eyes; 11. The Speakers Have it All Wrong; 12. In Whose Honor?; 13. Signaling; 14. The Spoils of Victory; 15. Coloring Books; 16. What Do I Know about Indians?; 17. The Wistful Reservoir; 18. Dancing; 19. Scandalous and Disparaging; 20. The Tribe; 21. A Young Child Speaking; 22. A Racially Hostile Environment?; 23. Homecoming; 24. Video Letters

Addendum from Grand Forks, North DakotaAfterword; Acknowledgments; Bibliographic Essay; Selected Bibliography; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-283).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814771105

0814771106

9780814771112

0814771114

9780585480022

0585480028

OCLC:

779828277