Burden of Over-representation (eBook)

Race, Sport, and Philosophy

Grant Farred (Autor)

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2018
225 Seiten
Temple University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4399-1144-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The Burden of Over-representation artfully explores three curious racial moments in sport: Jackie Robinson's expletive at a Dodgers spring training game; the transformation of a formality into an event at the end of the 1995 rugby World Cup in South Africa; and a spectral moment at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Grant Farred examines the connotations at play in these moments through the lenses of race, politics, memory, inheritance and conciliation, deploying a surprising cast of figures in Western thought, ranging from Jacques Derrida and Friedrich Nietzsche to Judith Butler, William Shakespeare, and Jesus-the-Christ. Farred makes connection and creates meaning through the forces at play and the representational burdens of team, country and race. Farred considers Robinson's profane comments at black Dodgers fans, a post-match exchange of "e;thank yous"e; on the rugby pitch between white South African captain Francois Pienaar and Nelson Mandela, and being "e;haunted"e; by the ghost of Derrida on the occasion of the first FIFA World Cup on African soil. In doing so, The Burden of Over-representation provides a passionate, insightful analysis of the social, political, racial, and cultural consequences of conciliation at key sporting events.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.6.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• ISBN-10: 1-4399-1144-4 / 1439911444
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4399-1144-0 / 9781439911440