Canada’s First Black Olympian: John “Army” Howard
“The presence of these two athletes [Tom Longboat and Army Howard] on Canadian Olympic teams isn’t proof that sport is an equalizer. Their presence on the team was simply a means to achieve a
Punting > Passing
For this week the reading I chose was The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete. The main idea from this reading that stuck out to me revolves around the
Professional Wrestling and Southern Cultural Stereotypes, Joe Bolick
This week we will be looking at the early history of many different sports. The reading that I chose to read was titled “‘The Tennessee Test of Manhood’: Professional Wrestling and southern Cultural Stereotypes”
Boxing and Colombian Racial and Cultural Identity
“Blackness” and boxing is a topic that I am pretty familiar with in the United States. Throughout boxing’s golden age in the United States (1920s-30s) boxing served as a source of national and racial
John ‘Army’ Howard and the Contradicting Canadian Ideals
I read, “John ‘Army’ Howard, Canada’s First Black Olympian: A Nation Building Paradox.” I found it very interesting and the story of John ‘Army’ Howard to be very interesting because of the paradox of
Professional Wrestling and Southern Cultural Identity:
Dick Steinborn: wrestling is about “good overcoming evil” Roland Barthes: wrestling depicts a “purely moral concept: that of justice” In the reading, the author begins his argument with an account of a brutal wrestling
Contrasting Stereotypes in Early Southern Wrestling
For this week’s reading, I chose to look at chapter eleven of The Tennessee Test of Manhood’: Professional Wrestling and Southern Cultural Stereotypes.” Overall, I found myself absolutely loving this reading due to a
The King, the Young Prince, and the Last Confederate Soldier: NASCAR on the Cusp
“The King, the Young Prince, and the Last Confederate Soldier: NASCAR on the Cusp.” is a chapter in the journal, The Sporting World of the Modern South. It is written by Karyn Charles Rybacki
“The Tennessee Test of Manhood” Wrestling in the South (and Country Music)
While I was doing this reading, I found myself thinking about the phenomenon of post-9/11 country music. The chapter itself focuses on the role of the south, southern stereotypes/identity, and (inter)national politics on the
“The King, the Young Prince, and the Last Confederate Soldier: NASCAR on the Cusp.” The Sporting World of the Modern South.
The Myth of the Lost cause was a subject of matter that filled the hearts of southerners after the civil war had ended. This classification of pride, self-pity, and stubbornness were all acts of
