HIST 3838 Chapter --: Mar 16. Films and Popular Culture
13 Apr 2016
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Representation in leon gasts" when we were kings . 1910 heavyweight championship between white jim jefferies and black jack johnson was supposed to be easy victory for jefferies. Jeffries superior intellect and anglo saxon masculinity were supposed to vanquish the black brute. Johnson thrashed jefferies and race riots occurred in many cities. Victorian culture identified the powerful, large male body of the heavy weight prizefighter as the emptiome of manhood and hence of evolution. Black male could be the epitome of manhood set off waves of panic across white america. Sport often renders critical sociocultural moments clearly and concisely because in its ideal form it is unsullied province of fear play and equality. The idea of sporting contest that the participants have engaged each other willingly as autonomous equals on a level playing field, with a set of rules that favour neither competitor. Assumes that the outcome is indicative of some substantive form of resolution.
