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“I is Unruffable”: Rereading African American Sports Performances as Unique Expressions of Dissent

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Pellom McDaniels III Emory University

October 25, 2011
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the possibilities of a world unhinged from tradition. Indeed, this was a world where the rewards ...
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“I Found Kong”: Naturalizing the National in Baseball Fiction

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Jeremy Groskopf Georgia State University

October 28, 2011
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“I Found Kong”: Naturalizing the National in Baseball Fiction society narrative Mediating Baseball film fame Curator's Note It is often remarked that baseball fiction, ideologically, constructs an idealized modern community. Whether the stories displ ...
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Melting Pot or Multiculturalism? Mediating Ethnicity in Baseball

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Elizabeth Rawitsch University of East Anglia

October 24, 2011
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Melting Pot or Multiculturalism? Mediating Ethnicity in Baseball Take Me Out to the Ball Game Race/Ethnicity Nationality Mediating Baseball Baseball A League of Their Own Curator's Note Baseball has been considered America’s national pastime since th ...