Contesting Identities

Baker shows that even as sports films tackle socially constructed identities such as class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender, they ultimately underscore transcendence of these identities through self-reliance. In addition to discussing the genre's recurring dramatic tropes, Baker also looks at the social and cinematic impacts of real-life sports figures from Jackie Robinson and Babe Didrikson Zaharias to Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan.

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction: Sports Films and the Contest for Identity

1

(6)

Sports Films, History, and Identity

7

(17)

From Second String to Solo Star: Hollywood and the Black Athlete

24

(25)

From He Got Game to We Got Next: Gender in American Sports Films

49

(51)

A Left/Right Combination: Class and American Boxing Films

100

(41)

Conclusion: The Big Game

141

(8)

Bibliography

149

(8)

Index

157

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