| 210 | Wednesday, March 14, 2007 |
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| 10:30 AM-11:45 AM | Convention Center:341 |
| NASPE/History of Sports and Physical Education Academy |
| Race, Sport, and Mythology: Constructions of Identity and Community |
| The papers in this session provide a critical perspective on the use of sport to create and/or reflect community and identity, real or imagined. The mythology surrounding the Tarahumara Indian tribe-known for its endurance running prowess-and the research about the tribe in anthropology and exercise science will be examined. The tradition of Howard University's homecoming festivities, a nexus of sport, hip-hop and the black collegiate experience, will be explored. Drawing on gender, race, class, and political ideologies, the identity and affiliation within the Red Sox Nation community will be analyzed. |
Keyword(s): multiculturalism/cultural diversity, research
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A Strange Brew of Science and Noble Savagery: Mythologizing Mexico’s Footrunners in Laboratories and Ethnographies
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Halfbacks and Halftime: The Howard Homecoming Experience
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Red Sox Nation: Historic Collective of Bigots?
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