Mascot nation the controversy over Native American representations in sports /
"The issue of Native American mascots in sports raises passions but also a raft of often-unasked questions. Which voices get a hearing in an argument? What meanings do we ascribe to mascots? Who do these Indians and warriors really represent? Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black go beyond...
| Main Author: | Billings, Andrew C., |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | Black, Jason Edward, |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
2018.
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| Physical Description: |
viii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : For whom does the Indian stand? For whom does the mascot stand?
- Framing the mascot through self-categorization
- Native American mascot in the western gaze : reading the mascot through a postcolonial lens
- Online debate on the acceptability of the Washington NFL mascot
- Deconstructing the mascot, part 1 : names and textual fields
- Deconstructing the mascot, part 2 : visual symbols
- Deconstructing the mascot, part 3 : rituals and performances
- What Is lost? The perceived stakes of recent and potential mascot removals
- W(h)ither the mascot? Pathways through the logics of Native American mascotting.