Jack Johnson, rebel sojourner [electronic resource] : boxing in the shadow of the global color line / Theresa Runstedtler.
2012
GV1132.J7 R86 2012eb
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Title
Jack Johnson, rebel sojourner [electronic resource] : boxing in the shadow of the global color line / Theresa Runstedtler.
Author
Runstedtler, Theresa.
ISBN
9780520952287 (electronic bk.)
9780520271609
9780520271609
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxii, 348 p.) : ill., ports.
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GV1132.J7 R86 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.83092 B
Summary
In his day, Jack Johnson--born in Texas, the son of former slaves--was the most famous black man on the planet. As the first African American World Heavyweight Champion (1908-1915), he publicly challenged white supremacy at home and abroad, enjoying the same audacious lifestyle of conspicuous consumption, masculine bravado, and interracial love wherever he traveled. Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner provides the first in-depth exploration of Johnson's battles against the color line in places as far-flung as Sydney, London, Cape Town, Paris, Havana, and Mexico City.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
American crossroads ; 33
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Table of Contents
Embodying empire: Jack Johnson and the white Pacific
White censors, dark screens: the Jeffries-Johnson fight film controversy
Jack Johnson versus John Bull: the rise of the British boxing colour bar
The black Atlantic from below: African American boxers and the search for exile
Trading race: black bodies and French regeneration
Viva Johnson! Fighting over race in the Americas
The empire strikes back: the "French Jack Johnson" and the rising tide of color.
White censors, dark screens: the Jeffries-Johnson fight film controversy
Jack Johnson versus John Bull: the rise of the British boxing colour bar
The black Atlantic from below: African American boxers and the search for exile
Trading race: black bodies and French regeneration
Viva Johnson! Fighting over race in the Americas
The empire strikes back: the "French Jack Johnson" and the rising tide of color.