Beyond the Cheers: Race As Spectacle in College Sport (S U N Y Series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations)

Asses the ritualization and representation of racial difference associated with intercollegiate athletics. Focusing On Half-time Performances, Commercialized Stagings, Media Coverage, Public Panics, And Political Protests. Beyond The Cheers Offers An Ethnography History And Social Critique Of Racial Spectacles In College Sport. King And Springwood Argue That Collegiate Revenue Producing Sports Are Created As A Spectacle, Driven By A Range Of Contradictory Meanings And Exploitative Practices. While Native Americans Are Viewed Largely As Empty Or Distorted Images And African Americans Are Seen As Both Shining Stars And 'troubled Delinquents, ' White Americans Remain Constant As Spectators, Coaches, Administrators Journalists, And Athletes, Producing And Consuming College Sport, Performing And Policing But Seemingly Unmarked As Racial Subjects. In Consuming These Spectacles. American Sports Fans Learn To Embrace Inflated, Contradictory, And Distorted Renderings Of Racial Difference And The History Of Race Relations In America.--jacket. Posting Up: Introductory Notes On Race, Sports, And Post-america -- White Out: Erasures Of Race In College Athletics -- Kill The Indians, Save The Chief: Native American Mascots And Imperial Identities -- Sammy Seminole, Jim Crow, And Osceola: Playing Indian And Racial Hierarchy At Florida State University -- Body And Soul: Physicality, Disciplinarity, And The Overdetermination Of Blackness -- Of Rebels And Leprechauns: Longing, Passing, And The Staging Of Whiteness -- Postcolonial Arenas: The Dis-ease Of Desire In America. C. Richard King And Charles Fruehling Springwood. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 185-200) And Index. "Focusing on half-time performances, commercialized stagings, media coverage, public panics, and political protests. Beyond the Cheers offers an ethnography history and social critique of racial spectacles in college sport. King and Springwood argue that collegiate revenue producing sports are created as a spectacle, driven by a range of contradictory meanings and exploitative practices. While Native Americans are viewed largely as empty or distorted images and African Americans are seen as both shining stars and 'troubled delinquents,' White Americans remain constant as spectators, coaches, administrators journalists, and athletes, producing and consuming college sport, performing and policing but seemingly unmarked as racial subjects. In consuming these spectacles. American sports fans learn to embrace inflated, contradictory, and distorted renderings of racial difference and the history of race relations in America."--BOOK JACKET. Beyond the Cheers 4 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 1. Posting Up: Introductory Notes on Race, Sports, and Post–America 12 2. White Out: Erasures of Race in Collegiate Athletics 28 3. “Kill the Indians, Save the Chief”: Native American Mascots and Imperial Identities 52 4. Sammy Seminole, Jim Crow, and Osceola: Playing Indian and Racial Hierarchy at Florida State University 86 5. Body and Soul: Physicality, Disciplinarity, and the Overdetermination of Blackness 110 6. Of Rebels and Leprechauns: Longing, Passing, and the Stagings of Whiteness 140 7. Postcolonial Arenas: The Dis-Ease of Desire in America 166 Notes 192 CHAPTER 1 192 CHAPTER 3 192 CHAPTER 5 192 CHAPTER 6 193 CHAPTER 7 194 Bibliography 196 Index 212 A 212 B 212 C 213 D 214 E 215 F 215 G 216 H 216 I 216 J 217 K 217 L 217 M 218 N 218 O 219 P 220 Q 220 R 220 S 221 T 223 U 223 V 224 W 224 Y 225 Z 225 Beyond the Cheers......Page 4 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 1. Posting Up: Introductory Notes on Race, Sports, and Post–America......Page 12 2. White Out: Erasures of Race in Collegiate Athletics......Page 28 3. “Kill the Indians, Save the Chief”: Native American Mascots and Imperial Identities......Page 52 4. Sammy Seminole, Jim Crow, and Osceola: Playing Indian and Racial Hierarchy at Florida State University......Page 86 5. Body and Soul: Physicality, Disciplinarity, and the Overdetermination of Blackness......Page 110 6. Of Rebels and Leprechauns: Longing, Passing, and the Stagings of Whiteness......Page 140 7. Postcolonial Arenas: The Dis-Ease of Desire in America......Page 166 CHAPTER 5......Page 192 CHAPTER 6......Page 193 CHAPTER 7......Page 194 Bibliography......Page 196 INDEX From mascots to half-time shows to media coverage, Beyond the Cheers critically and honestly assesses the role of race in big time college sports.