The Early Image of Black Baseball
Race and Representation in the Popular Press, 1871-1890
James E.
Brunson
ISBN
978-0-7864-4206-5
61 photos, notes, bibliography, index
232pp.
softcover
(7 x 10)
2009
Available for immediate shipment
Description
This volume examines early black baseball as it was represented in the artwork and written accounts of the popular press. From contemporary postbellum articles, illustrations, photographs and woodcuts, a unique image of the black athlete emerges, one that was not always positive but was nonetheless central in understanding the evolving black image in American culture. Chapters cover press depictions of championship games, specific teams and athletes, and the fans and culture surrounding black baseball.
About the Author
James E. Brunson III is an art historian who specializes in American Modernism. His work has been published in NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, and Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. A practicing artist who specializes in watercolor painting, he currently teaches visual culture at Northern Illinois University.
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