Who Da Man

This book offers a highly original approach to Black masculinities and sport in Canada. The book will be especially exciting for those interested in decolonisation, culture, and the intersection of identity, sport, and politics. "Who Da Man" attempts to account for the ways that Black Diasporic identifications intersect with the dominant misogyny and homophobia in contemporary men's sporting cultures. Abdel-Shehid suggests that thinking about diaspora in the making of contemporary Black sporting cultures provides a more comprehensive framework than that which looks at sport solely within the framework of nations and nationalism. He further argues that Canadian hegemonic ideas and practices typically marginalise blackness and Black peoples. Thus, the author suggests, Black masculinities in sport are often connected to diasporic locations. These connections can be either empowering or disempowering, requiring careful analysis to achieve full understanding of how things are being perceived, projected, and therefore implemented. "Who Da Man" offers a feminist and queer reading of Black masculinity, and suggests that thinking about Black sporting masculinities means paying attention to the ways that these larger discourses of racism, exclusion, and diaspora shape Black masculinities. Moreover, the book asks to what extent homophobia and misogyny within men's sporting cultures influence contemporary understandings of Black masculinity.

ISBN 1551302616   Pages 200 ISBN13 9781551302614 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Canadian Scholars Press   Weight (grammes) 295 Imprint Canadian Scholars Press   Published in Toronto Format Paperback   Height (mm) 229 Publication date 01 May 2005   Width (mm) 155 Library of Congress 2005412132   Spine width (mm) 11 DEWEY 796.08996071   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Introduction : Black masculinity inside/out : capital accumulations, diasporic disruptions		1
1		"Race," nation, and sport in Canada : permanence, performance, and Black masculinity		15
2		A theory of Black masculinities and sporting cultures		41
3		Running clean : Ben Johnson and the unmaking of Canada		67
4		Who got next? : raptor morality and Black public masculinity in Toronto		95
5		Scrambling through the Black Atlantic : Black quarterbacks and Americanada		119
6		The boundaries of the closet : a Black queer theory of sport and masculinity		139

"Gamal Abdel-Shehid's book will change not merely our understanding of how racism, exclusion, and Diaspora shape Black masculinities in sport; Who Da Man opens up the field of Sport Sociology to literatures of decolonisation, Diaspora, queer, and cultural studies. It will not be possible to think about the study of sport in the same way again..." -- Dr Debra Shogan, University of Alberta.

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