Rita Liberti is professor in the Department of
Kinesiology and Physical Education at California State University
East Bay, USA.
Maureen M. Smith is professor in the Department of
Kinesiology and Health Science at California State University
Sacramento, USA.
(Re)Presenting Wilma Rudolf explores the historical trajectory of
stories about the great Olympic track star of the 1960s. The
argument that structures the book highlights a variety of ways that
particular media work in these constructions. In the end, as the
authors clearly argue and demonstrate, these biographical accounts
belong as much to those who construct and read them as they do to
the person at their center. Their insights provide an important
message for a celebrity-obsessed culture and for the focus on
celebrity within the academic field of critical sport studies.--
"Susan Birrell, University of Iowa"
A delightfully engaging analysis of what can often be a frustrating
cycle of collective memory in their monograph (Re)Presenting Wilma
Rudolph. They actively reconsider what a biography is and provide
an excellent study upon which we can ponder the processes of
historical analysis. . . .The breadth and depth of their analysis
is quite remarkable as they engage with feminist studies, critical
race studies, disability studies, and the fields of biography and
collective memory. It is in their writing and analysis that they
outline exactly why and how cultural sport history might be done.--
"Sport in American History"
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