Sport is ubiquitous in modern North America, influencing educational, economic, and political institutions as well as the built environment of cities and towns. However, sport is rarely emphasized in the critical examination of power and inequality. This series will take seriously sport’s central role in making our world: in inflecting politics from the personal to the municipal, national, and global; in catalyzing racial and ethnic identity formation and community development; and in mediating relationships of power and privilege. Books in this series will treat sport not just as a window onto issues of power, politics, inequalities, and social justice, but as a central site of their contestation. They will demonstrate sport’s prominence as a platform where human relations are enacted.
Above: Minneapolis, Minnesota November 2, 2014. Several thousand protesters marched through Minneapolis to TCF Bank Stadium where the Vikings were playing the Washington DC football team. The protestors called for the Washington team to stop using its nickname and the image of a Native American as their mascot. Another group from the University of Minnesota marched to the stadium too. The demonstration at the stadium included speakers such as Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and US Congressman Keith Ellison. Photo by Fibonacci Blue under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Professor of History, Grand Valley State University
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Associate Clinical Professor of History, Arizona State University
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American Culture Studies, Washington University, St. Louis
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Michezo iko kila mahali katika Amerika Kaskazini ya kisasa, ikiathiri taasisi za elimu, kiuchumi, na kisiasa na vilevile mazingira yaliyojengwa ya miji na vijiji. Hata hivyo, michezo ni mara chache alisisitiza katika uchunguzi muhimu wa nguvu na ukosefu wa usawa. Mfululizo huu utachukua kwa uzito jukumu kuu la michezo katika kuunda ulimwengu wetu: katika kubadilisha siasa kutoka kwa kibinafsi hadi manispaa, kitaifa, na kimataifa; katika kuchochea malezi ya utambulisho wa kikabila na kikabila na maendeleo ya jamii; na katika kuingilia mahusiano ya nguvu na upendeleo. Vitabu katika mfululizo huu vitashughulikia michezo sio tu kama dirisha kwenye masuala ya nguvu, siasa, ukosefu wa usawa, na haki ya kijamii, lakini kama tovuti kuu ya mashindano yao. Wao kuonyesha umaarufu wa michezo kama jukwaa ambapo mahusiano ya kibinadamu ni kutekelezwa. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Novemba 2, 2014 Maelfu ya waandamanaji waliandamana katika uwanja wa TFC Bank huko Minneapolis, ambapo timu ya mpira wa miguu ya Washington DC ilikuwa ikicheza na timu ya Vikings. Waandamanaji hao wametoa wito kwa timu ya Washington kuacha kutumia jina lake la utani na picha ya Mmarekani wa asili kama mascot yao. Kikundi kingine kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Minnesota kilitembea hadi kwenye uwanja huo pia. Mkutano huo ulifanyika katika uwanja wa Minneapolis, ambapo wazungumzaji walikuwa Meya wa Minneapolis Betsy Hodges na Mbunge wa Marekani Keith Ellison. Picha ya Fibonacci Blue chini ya leseni ya Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic. Chuo Kikuu cha Grand Valley State, New York, Marekani, Louis Moore, Mshirika wa Chuo Kikuu cha Arizona, New York, Marekani, Victoria Jackson, Chuo Kikuu cha Washington, St. Louis, New York, Marekani, Noah Cohan